Police foil bid to blow up railways track

THATTA: Authorities on Sunday found and defused a bomb placed on the railway track near Jungshahi railway station in Thatta, averting a potential terrorist attack targeting trains scheduled to run on the track.

According to media reports, the bomb was found on a Karachi track, three kilometers away from the Jungshahi railway station “A bomb disposal squad dispatched from Hyderabad successfully defused the 0.5 kg bomb,” SSP Thatta Shabbir Sethar told media.

The remote-controlled bomb could have targeted Hazara Express and Zakria Express running on the track, he further said.

Following the bomb threat, seven suspects have been taken into custody, the police officials said.

Meanwhile, the trains have been cleared to run from Karachi to interior Sindh and from Lahore and Rawalpindi to Karachi.