HYDERABAD - Two separate explosions of low scale damaged the railways tracks in Jamshoro and Hyderabad districts on Thursday, disrupting the railway traffic for some hours but no casualty occurred in the incidents.
The first explosion occurred on the upcountry track in Khursheed Town area near the Kotri railway station in Jamshoro.
According to the railway police, the blast of an improvised explosive device ripped off one and a half feet part of the track before Shalimar Express was scheduled to move through that track. Pakistan Express and Bahauddin Zakaria Express were also stopped at the railway stations.
The police and personnel of Rangers reached the spot and secured the place. The police said it was still not known that who carried out that explosion and no group had taken the responsibility either.
In another incident, a 9-inch part of the up-track was damaged in a low intensity IED blast over 5 kilometers away from Hyderabad railway station. The incident happened near Mirza railway crossing.
Terrorists used up to 400 grams of explosive material in one attack and up to 250 grams in another: BDS
The Hyderabad police secured the site and the personnel of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) collected traces of the explosives.
BDS releases
report of blasts
The terrorists who carried out low intensity blasts at the railway tracks in Jamshoro and Hyderabad districts on Thursday used up to 400 grams of explosive material in one attack and upto 250 grams in another.
According to a report of the Bomb Dispsal Squad (BDS), between 300 grams to 400 grams of explosives were used to blast the upcountry track in Khursheed Town near Kotri Railway Station in Jamshoro. The report stated that in both the acts of terrorism Non-Electric Devices were used with the heavier one damaging 1 feet and 7 inches of the track and the lighter one 10 inches of the track.
The report further stated that the evidence collected from the spots were handed over to SITE police in Jamshoro and Pinyari police in Hyderabad. An official of BDS, who requested anonymity, said similar explosive devices had been used in identical attacks on the tracks in the past.
The first explosion occurred on the upcountry track in Khursheed Town area near the Kotri railway station in Jamshoro.
According to the railway police, the blast of an improvised explosive device ripped off one and a half feet part of the track before Shalimar Express was scheduled to move through that track. Pakistan Express and Bahauddin Zakaria Express were also stopped at the railway stations.
The police and personnel of Rangers reached the spot and secured the place. The police said it was still not known that who carried out that explosion and no group had taken the responsibility either.
In another incident, a 9-inch part of the up-track was damaged in a low intensity IED blast over 5 kilometers away from Hyderabad railway station. The incident happened near Mirza railway crossing.
Terrorists used up to 400 grams of explosive material in one attack and up to 250 grams in another: BDS
The Hyderabad police secured the site and the personnel of Bomb Disposal Squad (BDS) collected traces of the explosives.
BDS releases
report of blasts
The terrorists who carried out low intensity blasts at the railway tracks in Jamshoro and Hyderabad districts on Thursday used up to 400 grams of explosive material in one attack and upto 250 grams in another.
According to a report of the Bomb Dispsal Squad (BDS), between 300 grams to 400 grams of explosives were used to blast the upcountry track in Khursheed Town near Kotri Railway Station in Jamshoro. The report stated that in both the acts of terrorism Non-Electric Devices were used with the heavier one damaging 1 feet and 7 inches of the track and the lighter one 10 inches of the track.
The report further stated that the evidence collected from the spots were handed over to SITE police in Jamshoro and Pinyari police in Hyderabad. An official of BDS, who requested anonymity, said similar explosive devices had been used in identical attacks on the tracks in the past.
