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Security officials said two bombs were planted at the main track between Mach and Hirak stations. The bombs were detonated with brief intervals, destroying the track in the process.
"The train was at some distance from the Hirak station when the bombs went off," Waseef Ali Mughal, divisional superintendent of Pakistain Railways, Quetta division, said, adding that the train operator hit the emergency brakes, stopping the train immediately. Despite the fierce attack, there were no casualties and the train itself remained safe. However,
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a large portion of the track was destroyed.
Soon after the blast, personnel of the Frontier Corps
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and Levies rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. After the second kaboom, the bomb disposal squad was able to get pieces of evidence from the rubble. "A hand-grenade was recovered from the site as well," a security bigshot said.
"All railway traffic, to and from Quetta, was stopped following the attack and operators were asked to halt their trains at various train stations they were close to," said an official.