Hundreds After a 30-hour siege attack, train passengers hijacked by a Pakistani militant group were released in mid-March, during which 27 soldiers were shot and killed. However, videos of the explosion on the mobile train were shared thousands of times on social media and did not show the attack. It was filmed in 2022 and depicts a radical attack army.
“The PLA hijacked Pakistan’s Jafar Express. There were about 500 passengers on the train. ISI officials were among those passengers too. Video of the train attack has now surfaced,” Postal Post Office on March 11, 2025.
The post features a clip of a train passing through the hills when it exploded.
Screenshot of fake posts taken on March 13, 2025
In a March 11 attack in a volatile province in the southwestern province, militants hijacked about 450 people and Pakistani troops released more than 340 train passengers. Bal Luzhi Province (Archive link here).
In recent years, attacks by separatist groups have been soaring mainly against security forces and ethnic groups, known as the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a group that accused outsiders of plundering natural resources in areas bordering Afghanistan and Iran. Province.
Similar posts have surfaced on X and Facebook, but the video shared online was taken in 2022 and depicted another radical attack in Bal Luzhi Province.
Reverse image search Google Found almost the same video distributed online three Before the train hijacking in Pakistan (Archive link).
this title In a post shared clip of X post on April 15, 2022, BLA posted footage of an IED attack carrying a border corps train, a group Pakistani paramilitary force, nearby sibi exist Bal Luzhi Province.
Keyword search this Message delivery platform telegram surfaced Press Release BLA was forwarded from the organization’s official media channel Hakkal on January 18, 2022.
“The BALOCH Liberty Army (BLA) freedom fighters targeted the Jaffar Express train in the Mushkaf area of Bolan near Sibi on Tuesday, resulting in four rings derailing,” it said.
Screenshots of 2022 BLA press releases shared on telegram
Local media reported in January 2022 that at least five people were injured in the explosion area (Archive link here).
one Google Keyword searches surfaced from videos circulating online in Hakkal.
The title says: “The footage of the Bal Road PLA attacked the Pakistani army in Bal Road Chinco”. this bla The logo appears in the upper right corner of the clip.
Comparison of screenshots of fake posts (L) and 2022 Hakkal videos
AFP uses Google Maps to confirm that the video shows explosion in Mushkaf area Bal Luzhi Province (Archive link).
AFP conducted a fact-check on Pakistan here.
