station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawar, said it carried out the bombing. for more on this attack, here the bbc�*s urdu correspondent saad sohail. we got confirmation from the local authorities in quetta, confirming there were military personnel part of the casualties, but we have talked to certain eyewitnesses, till now, and they describe the horrors of the scene, one of them told bbc that what he saw was like a day ofjudgment. other than that, the witnesses that we have spoken to, so far, that this was just before 9am local time, and the train that you mention, it is a very popular train which commutes daily from quetta in the west, to peshawar in the north east, so this is a very popular train. so just before the train was about on to board, and police confirms there were more than 100 people, you know, clustered together at the time when this blast took place. we spoke to someone who mentioned how he stepped aside to the tea stall nearby, and as he was returning, this loud explosion took place. he could see the people l

this particular train, java express is a very popular train that commutes daily from quetta to peshawar9 a.m local time in pakistan. so there were family and friends who were there to drop off passengers for this. and that is the time when this explosion took place. so there are a couple of eyewitnesses that spoke to bbc. there's abduljabbar, who wasjust mentioning the horror that he saw, and he described it as a judgment day had come because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and the people laying on the ground screaming. we also talked to nasir khan, a government employee who had come in an hour earlier, because the scheduling, usually people cannot rely if the train leaves on time. so they were there an hour earlier to drop off his friend. so he mentioned when the explosion took place, he could see that people were screaming, but there were obviously clouds of smoke. and until that had settled, that's when he saw his friend who had who he had come to drop off. and once he saw him and he was relieved that he was alive. but he mentione

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station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawardu correspondent saad sohail is in islamabad and gave us the latest. it isa it is a very popular trend that commutes so it has to travel through a lot of cities through pakistan. people were waiting and this is around 9am local time in pakistan so there were family and friends there to drop off passengers for this and that is the the time the explosion took place. they were mentioning the horror they saw, and he described it as a judgment day has come because the explosion was so loud. he even mentioned how the ticket box or the ticket offices and people laying on the ground screaming, we also talked to a government employee who came in earlier because of the scheduling usually, people cannot rely if the train leaves on time so they were there earlier to drop off friends so he mentioned when the explosion took place he could see that people were screaming that there was of a until that had settled, that is when he saw his friend whom he had come to drop off. once he had seen him and wa

station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawarits destination. a militant group, the balochistan liberation army, said it carried out the bombing. let's speak to bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail who's in islamabad. tell us more about the organisation what have eyewitnesses been saying? figs what have eyewitnesses been sa inc? �* , what have eyewitnesses been sa inc? a ., what have eyewitnesses been sam7n,a ., , saying? as you have 'ust mentioned i saying? as you have 'ust mentioned about i saying? as you have just mentioned about the - saying? as you have just - mentioned about the casualties. at this particular train is a very popular train that commutes daily from one city to another. it has to travel through a lot of cities of pakistan. people are waiting, this was around 9am local time in pakistan so there were a family and friends there to drop off passengers for this. and that is the time when this explosion took place. so there are a couple of eyewitnesses that spoke to bbc, someone who is just that spoke to bbc, someone w

station superintendent said the blast took place near a platform as the jaffar express bound for peshawaration army, said it carried out the bombing. let's speak to bbc urdu correspondent saad sohail who's in islamabad. what more do we know? so, just what more do we know? so, 'ust now we got fl what more do we know? so, 'ust now we got confirmation i what more do we know? so, just now we got confirmation from . now we got confirmation from the local authorities in quetta, confirming there were military personnel part of the casualties, but we have talked to certain eyewitnesses, till now, and they describe the horrors of the scene, one of them told bbc that what he saw was like a day ofjudgment. 0ther was like a day ofjudgment. other than that, the witnesses that we have spoken to, so far, that we have spoken to, so far, that this was just before 9am local time and the train that you mention it is a very popular train which commutes daily from quetta in the west, to the north east, so this is a 152

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