Pakistani authorities on Wednesday said an insurgent attack on a train carrying hundreds of people had ended, with all attackers killed following a daylong standoff.

Security forces eliminated 30 attackers and freed 190 passengers after a Baloch separatist group stormed the Jaffar Express Pakistani security forces have completed a military operation to free hostages taken by armed separatists on Tuesday after they stormed the Jaffar Express in Balochistan’s Bolan district.

PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): Pakistani security forces on Wednesday claimed to have rescued 155 hostages and killed 27 gunmen involved in hijacking a passenger train in Balochistan province. The Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express, with 400 passengers including security personnel on board, was hijacked Tuesday evening in Bolan district.

Pakistan’s prime minister has commended the country’s armed forces for successfully rescuing 339 passengers after a deadly train hijacking by insurgents in the southwest

Insurgents attacked a passenger train carrying 440 passengers in restive southwestern Pakistan and killed 21 hostages before security forces killed all 33 of the assailants, and all other passengers were rescued,

Nearly 350 hostages were rescued at the end of a deadly standoff between Pakistan’s military and armed militants who hijacked a train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan, a security source told CNN Wednesday.

Baloch separatist militants blew up a railway track and launched rockets at the Jaffar Express, which was carrying over 400 passengers.

More than 400 people were on the Jaffar Express on Tuesday when militants fired on the train and blew up the track in the Balochistan region, Pakistani security officials said.