More than 100 hostages freed in deadly Pakistan train siege

Three people were killed and around a hundred hostages freed by Pakistani troops on Tuesday after armed militants attacked a train carrying over 450 passengers in Balochistan province of Pakistan.

Before seizing the train Tuesday afternoon, militants blew up the railway track, forcing it to a halt in a remote area. Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi said security forces had rescued over 100 people, adding that 16 "terrorists" had been killed.

The assault was immediately claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army, a separatist group behind rising violence in the province which borders Afghanistan and Iran.