Jacobabad: Police foil attempt to blow railway track, one arrested
Police arrested a man who was planting a bomb on railway track near Jacobabad on Wednesday.
JACOBABAD (Dunya News) – Khushal Khan Khattak Express escaped a major disaster when police caught a man who was planting a bomb in Attal More area near Jacobabad on Wednesday, Dunya News reported.
According to details, SHO of A Section Police Station in Tehsil Thal on a tip-off arrested an accused named More s/o Miro Banglani for planting a bomb on railway track.
Police also recovered three kilograms of explosive material, remote control, cables, bolts and ball bearings from his possession a registered a case under terrorism act against him at A Section Police Station.
Sources said that the bomb was planted at the railway track to target Khushal Khan Khattak Express going to Peshawar from Karachi. It is pertinent to mention here that Khushal Khan Khattak Express was targeted six times in 2014 and 2015 in the same area.
