train hijacking

(Newser) - A siege that began Tuesday when separatist militants seized a train is over, Pakistani authorities say. Officals said Wednesday all 33 Baloch Liberation Army militants on the Jaffar Express were killed in the operation and hundreds of captives were freed, the Guardian reports. Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said the military...

(Newser) - Suspected Maoist rebels who hijacked an India train ended a four-hour standoff with authorities and released 300 passengers, reports CNN. No one was injured. Hundreds of men surrounded and disabled the train as it traveled through a forest in the state of Jharkhand early today. Rebel attacks in the area...