Islamabad, Mar 12 (UNI) Security forces have eliminated all militants and rescued 190 hostages in a clearance operation launched after an unknown number of heavily armed terrorists stormed a Peshawar-bound train in Balochistan's Bolan district, media reports said here on Wednesday.
According to security sources, the forces successfully rescued a large number of hostages, including women and children, who had been used as human shields by the terrorists.
The clearance operation was carried out with extreme caution and skill, resulting in the saving of many innocent lives, security sources stated. It was also revealed that the number of passengers who had fallen victim to the terrorists' brutality is being determined.