Quetta: As many as 12 people, including women and children, were injured after the Jaf­far Express passenger train heading to Quetta was targetted in a bomb blast in the Spizend area of Mas­tung in Pakistan's Balochistan, local media reported on Wednesday.

Six bogies of the train on its way from Peshawar to Quetta derailed after the blast and one overturned, causing injuries to the passengers, according to railway officials, Pakistan's leading daily Dawn reported.

It was the second blast that took place in the same area within 10 hours. An explosion took place on Tuesday morning near the main track connecting Balochistan to other parts of Pakistan, just like the Peshawar-bound Jaffar Express was preparing to leave Quetta Railway Station. The train was stopped for sometime. However, it w

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