At least five people reportedly succumbed to death when three bogies of the Jaffar Express derailed in Sibi due to a bomb blast that occurred near the Quetta-Peshawar railway lines on Tuesday.

According to police, the blast occurred on the railway line near Mushkaf in Sibi while the train was running. The explosives were planted near the railway track.

Receiving information about the mishap, the rescue and relief teams arrived at the site of the incident immediately and launched the operation. The train from Quetta to Karachi was stopped at Aab-e-Gum.