A BOMB blast hit a shuttle train carrying security personnel and their families in the southwestern province of Balochistan, officials said, in the latest major attack claimed by separatists.

An explosion on a railway track in Pakistan's Quetta killed at least 24 people, news outlet Al Arabiya reported on Sunday (May 24), citing officials. More than 50 were injured in the blast, which derailed a cargo train and was followed by gunfire,

A volunteer, top, helps an injured victim after recovering from an overturned train coach on a railway track at the site of bomb explosion, in Quetta, Pakistan, on Sunday, May 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Arshad Butt) Property News: Australia's most expensive ...

Blast occurs near Defence Ministry building in Bab Sharqi district of the capital.

Security personnel and rescue teams reached the site soon after the blast and launched relief and investigative operations. Officials cordoned off the area to preserve evidence and to secure the site while investigators and bomb‑disposal teams examined the wreckage.

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A police bomb squad has carried out a controlled explosion in a Scottish town after a suspected hand grenade was found in a garden. Officers were sent to the property in the Broadloan area of Renfrew at 7.