Pakistan military ends train standoff, says 21 hostages and four troops killed

Baloch separatist militants have stepped up lethal attacks in recent months

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A Pakistan Army soldier stands guard next to a rescue train, after the attack on a train by separatist militants. © Reuters

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters)  -- Pakistani security forces stormed a train on Wednesday that had been hijacked by separatist militants, killing all 33 attackers and ending a day-long standoff involving hundreds of hostages, the military said.

Separatist Baloch militants on Tuesday blew up the railway track and hurled rockets at the Jaffar Express when it was on its way to Peshawar in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Balochistan's capital of Quetta, carrying 440 people.

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