'Time bomb' found in train at Karachi's Cantt railway station, defused

Karachi: A time bomb was discovered on a train at main railway station of Pakistan's biggest city Karachi. After bomb was found it was defused as per Sindh Counter Terrorism Department.

According to As Raza, DIG Operations CTD, on Friday y discovered an IED device in a bag concealed under a seat of Peshawar Express from Peshawar that h just arrived at Karachi Cantt Station.

According to Raza, bag was discovered on Friday at 9:15 p.m. Within suitcase was a "time bomb connected to wires, batteries, and switches."

“A vigilant security guard while observing embarking of passengers noticed a bag lying under a seat. He immediately informed CTD and Bomb Disposal Squ (BDS),” Raza said.

According to senior officer, BDS discovered an IED device bomb with a watch timer linked to it, which was subsequently taken and defused through two controlled blasts.

“re was at least two kilograms of explosive material in IED device which weighed five kilograms,” he ded.

Every day, numerous passenger and freight trains arrive and depart from five operational platforms at bustling Cantt station.

DIG claimed that someone h left bag re and disappeared. 

(With agency inputs)