At least four train passengers killed, 16 injured in twin blasts on railway tracks in Pakistan
The reports quoted Federal Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique as having confirmed the casualties as two bombs rigged to rail track went off near Machh when the train was heading to Rawalpindi.
The rescue teams and law enforcement agencies reached the site and rushed the injured and dead bodies to the Machh hospital.
The death toll is expected to rise further.
A section of the Mach railway track, the engine of the Jaffar Express and a passenger van of the train were also damaged.
None of the militant groups active in Balochistan has so far claimed responsibility for the blasts.
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