Bomb-hit train returns to Karachi Cantt; railway traffic back on track
KARACHI: The Lahore-bound Shalimar Express, which came under a bomb attack on the outskirts of Karachi, has returned to Cantonment station with the a number of passengers in four bogies, Media reported.
A powerful bomb blast, which damaged/overturned a number of bogies, left a minor girl dead and several passengers including women wounded earlier Tuesday.
According to initial information the bomb, which was planted on the track, went off as the train was somewhere between Ghaggar Phatak and Dhabeji.
Following the explosion as many as eight railcars derailed.
Railway authorities had transported around 120 passengers of the unfortunate train back to Karachi by road, sources said.
All the up and down railway traffic was suspended temporarily after the attack, however, later, Railway's Divisional Commercial Officer, Shoaib Adil, told Geo News the traffic was now back on the track.
"The traffic has resumed on the down-track, as the up-track was yet under repair", another official told Geo News.
Sources said that emergency responders had to face a myriad of difficulties during rescue operation as it was pitch dark out there.
Divisional Superintendent Railways, Maqsood un Nabi, said that relief trains with a crane, mobile hospital doctors, and other staff were dispatched to the incident site as soon as the received the tragic news.
