According to Pakistani media outlets, the train hijack by Baloch Liberation Army has ended and hostages have been freed. Top Pakistani army official Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said that all 33 militants behind the hijacking have been killed. Over 400 people were on the train, with reports saying that around 350 were rescued.

Over 30 hours after a train carrying around 400 people was hijacked by Baloch Liberation Army in Pakistan, the country's PM Shehbaz Sharif has released first statement on the incident. Calling it a "heinous terrorist attack", Sharif said, "Entire nation is deeply shocked by this dastardly act and saddened by loss of...lives—such cowardly acts won't shake Pakistan's resolve for peace."

The Baloch Liberation Army has said that it has executed 50 hostages from the hijacked Pakistani train after "enemy forces attempted an armed advance using heavy artillery and sophisticated weaponry". "This brings the total number of eliminated enemy personnel to over 100, while approximately 150 more hostages remain under BLA custody," the militants said.

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