{"id":1396888,"date":"2026-05-24T17:23:21","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/suicide-bomber-blows-up-train-in-pakistan-killing-more-than-20-people-injuring-70-more\/"},"modified":"2026-05-24T17:23:21","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T14:23:21","slug":"suicide-bomber-blows-up-train-in-pakistan-killing-more-than-20-people-injuring-70-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/suicide-bomber-blows-up-train-in-pakistan-killing-more-than-20-people-injuring-70-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Suicide bomber blows up train in Pakistan, killing more than 20 people, injuring 70 more"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>A suicide bomber blew up a train carrying security personnel and their families in Pakistan&#8217;s Balochistan province, killing at least 24 people and wounding about 70 others.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p> This is reported by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/powerful-bomb-explosion-pakistans-quetta-wounds-more-than-30-ap-reports-2026-05-24\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Reuters<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p> According to journalists, the explosion occurred near the city of Quetta. A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives next to the railway tracks while a train was moving. The Balochistan Liberation Army group claimed responsibility for the attack.<\/p>\n<p> Videos posted online show two train cars overturning and catching fire, with nearby cars also damaged. <\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YoJC3c2MY8s?si=QImqpK2F2JaTxhag\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p> Several residential buildings and other structures near the railway line were reportedly severely damaged. A state of emergency was declared in Quetta&#8217;s government hospitals following the blast.<\/p>\n<p> Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif condemned the attack, calling it a &#8220;cowardly act of terrorism.&#8221; He also expressed condolences to the families of the victims.<\/p>\n<p> Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, is Pakistan&#8217;s largest province. 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A suicide bomber detonated a car packed with explosives next to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":54,"featured_media":1396880,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ep_exclude_from_search":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[76870,76871,76872,76875],"class_list":["post-1396888","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","category-news-2","category-news-feed","category-other-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396888","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/54"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1396888"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1396888\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1396880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1396888"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/prm.ua\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1396888"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}