Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Director General Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry confirmed on Wednesday that no passengers were harmed during the clearance operation conducted by security forces after terrorists hijacked the Jaffer Express in Balochistan’s Bolan district.
“All 33 terrorists have been sent to hell….four frontier corps personnel embraced martyrdom during the clearance operation,” the DG ISPR said while speaking to a private news channel.
Divulging details of the incident, Lt Gen Chaudhry said the terrorists targeted a railway track in Bolan on March 11, stopped Jaffar Express and took passengers hostage. “The militants used hostages, including women and children, as human shields,” he added.
Furthermore, he said that the attackers had placed the hostages in groups with suicide bombers sitting amongst them. The suicide bombers were taken out by security forces snipers,” he added.
The DG ISPR confirmed that the terrorists were in contact with their handlers in Afghanistan.
