Blast derails train in SE Pakistan

At least 15 people were injured when a bomb blast derailed a passenger train in the southwestern Pakistani province of Balochistan yesterday, a government official said.

The attack - which was claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, a regional separatist group - derailed eight carriages including the locomotive, Deputy Commissioner Bolan Agha Samiullah told Reuters.

He said a rescue team was facing difficulties as the site was in a mountainous area.