Police foil attempt to blow railway track in Jacobabad

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JACOBABAD: Police arrested a man who was planting a bomb in Attal More area near Jacobabad on Wednesday in an attempt to blow the railway track and target the Khushal Khan Khattak Express train.

Police also recovered three kilogrammes of explosive material, remote control, cables, bolts and ball bearings from his possession and registered a case under a terrorism act against him.

According to details, the bomb was planted at the railway track to target Khushal Khan Khattak Express going to Peshawar from Karachi. It is pertinent to mention here that Khushal Khan Khattak Express was targeted six times in 2014 and 2015 in the same area.