Survivors report on the horrors of the fatal tensile covering in Pakistan

Survivors report on the horrors of the fatal tensile covering in Pakistan

Quetta, Pakistan-Almost 350 hostages were at the end of a deadly stability between the military of Pakistan , which are a train in the southwest-packistan province Balochistan had been saved. According to a security source, the military achieved this success on Wednesday. The incident that started on Tuesday demanded numerous fatalities.

Responsibility of the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA)

The militant separatist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took responsibility for the attack. According to the security source, a total of 27 hostages, as well as a soldier, were killed by the BLA. At least 35 militants died in the rescue operation.

attack on the Jaffer Express

About 450 passengers were on board the Jaffer Express, who drove from the capital of Balochistan, Quetta, to Peshawar in the north when the militants opened "intensive fire" early on during the journey, while the train went through a tunnel, according to the authorities. The military Pakistan then started an operation to neutralize the attackers who used "women and children as protective shields", did not explain the security sources authorized by the CNN.

reports of survivors

Passenger Mohammad Ashraf reported CNN that he saw more than 100 armed people on the train, with nothing being done to women and children. A saved woman described the scenes of chaos after the attack and compared it to a "day of the latest court". She told CNN that she escaped the hail of bullets and walked two hours to reach security.

surviving Arslan Yousaf remembered the terrible moment when the kidnapping began: "As soon as the explosion had taken place, armed men stormed the train. They had rocket launchers, rifles and other weapons and started shooting immediately - directly on the people." He also reported that the militants called: "We will kill everyone who does not come out."

The nutrition of the hostages and the intervention of the military

Muhammad Tanveer, who was held as a hostage for two days, explained that the hostages lacked any food and that they had to drink water from the washroom of the train. "Then, last night (Wednesday), our military came. In the evening they had cleaned everything. They gave us protection, served us food and water and took care of the situation," he said.

an developing uprising

The kidnapping on Tuesday represents a bold moment for a separatist uprising that strives for greater political autonomy and economic development in the strategically important and mineral -rich region. At the same time, she illustrates the increasingly deteriorating security situation with which the Pakistani government has been struggling for decades.

The population of Balochistan, which mainly consists of the Ethnic group of the Baloch, is deeply alienated, impoverished and has been alienated by the federal government for decades, which is perceived as discriminatory. The uprising there has been lasting for several decades, but has gained importance in recent years, especially since the deep sea port of Gwadar was leased to China, the jewel of the "Belt and Road" initiative from Beijing in Pakistan.

shocking attacks and the call to change

Some analysts explain that the attack on Tuesday is an escalation in the sophistication of the attacks by the insurgents. "The greater knowledge that the Pakistani state does not detect is that it will no longer continue as usual," said Abdul Basit, a senior employee at S. Rajaratnam School of International Studies in Singapore. "The uprising has developed in both its strategy and its scope." He added that the Pakistani approach to combat the Baloch militants "exhausted".

reactions of the government and international concern

After the attack on Tuesday, the Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif promised to "continue the fight against the monster of terrorism until it has been completely removed from the country". In an explanation, he said that the "objectives of the terrorists against innocent passengers during the peaceful and blessed month of Ramadan is a clear reflection that these terrorists have no connection with the religion of Islam, Pakistan and Balochistan." Analysts emphasize the urgency with which the federal government has to react to such attacks.

"The attack on Tuesday has already aroused global interest and will worry China Bes that invests in the province - more than any other state," said Basit, calling for a fundamental change in the existing security paradigm in Balochistan.