At least 25 bodies retrieved from Pakistan train siege

Security personnel and volunteers help to transport an injured train passenger following an operation against armed militants who ambushed the train in the remote mountainous area in Mach, southwestern Balochistan province on March 12, 2025. [AFP]

The bodies of at least 25 people, including 21 hostages, killed in a train siege by separatist gunmen in Pakistan were retrieved from the site on Thursday ahead of the first funerals, officials said.

Security forces said they freed more than 340 train passengers in a two-day rescue operation that ended late on Wednesday after a separatist group bombed a remote railway track in mountainous southwest Balochistan and stormed a train with around 450 passengers on board.