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-{{Short description|Pakistan train hijacking by the Balochistan Liberation Army}}
+{{Short description|Train hijacking in Pakistan}}
+{{Italic title|string=Jaffar Express}}
-{{Current|date=March 2025}}
 {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
-{{Use Indian English}}
 {{Infobox civilian attack
+| title = 2025 ''Jaffar Express'' hijacking <br/>
+<small> २०२५ जाफ़र एक्सप्रेस ट्रेनहरण </small>
 | partof = the [[insurgency in Balochistan]]
 | image = Pakistan Railways ZCU-20 Locomotive.jpg
-| caption = Similar ''[[Jaffar Express]]'' train pictured in 2021
+| caption = ''[[Jaffar Express]]'' train pictured in 2021
-| location = [[Bolan Pass|Bolan pass]] [[Sibi]], Balochistan, Pakistan
+| location = [[Bolan Pass]], [[Sibi]], Balochistan, Pakistan
-| coordinates = {{Coord|29|38|53|N|67|35|3|E|type:event_region:PK-BA|display=inline,title}}
+| coordinates = {{Wikidatacoord|Q133258498|type:event_region:PK-BA|display=inline,title}}
 | date = {{Start date|2025|03|11|df=y}}
-| time = {{Circa}}1:15{{nbsp}}PM
+| time = {{Circa}} 1:15{{nbsp}}p.m.
 | timezone = [[UTC+05:00|PST]]
 | perpetrator = {{flagicon image|Balochistan flag.svg}} [[Balochistan Liberation Army]]
-| injuries = 37<ref name="remaining" /><ref name=":ARY News" />
+| injuries = 38<ref name=":Samaa TV" /><ref name=":Dawn Update" />
-| victims = 440<!-- 410 rescued, 21 killed --><ref name="hostages" />–500<ref name=jagran /> hostages<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahid |first=Syed Irfan Raza {{!}} Saleem |date=2025-03-13 |title=Balochistan standoff ends after all Jaffar Express hostages rescued |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1897595/balochistan-standoff-ends-after-all-jaffar-express-hostages-rescued |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
+| victims = 380<!-- 354 rescued, 26 killed --><ref name=":Dawn Update" />
-| target = Punjabi Civilians, security personnel
+| target = Civilians, security personnel
-| weapons = [[Explosives]], [[rocket launchers]], [[automatic firearms]], [[explosive belt|suicide vests]]
+| weapons = [[Improvised explosive device|IEDs]], [[rocket launchers]], [[automatic firearms]], [[explosive belt|suicide vests]], [[sniper rifle]]s
-| type = [[Hijacking]], [[Hostage|hostage-taking]], [[mass shooting]], [[bombing]]s, [[shootout]], [[ambush]]
+| type = Hijacking, [[hostage-taking]], [[mass shooting]], [[bombing]]s, [[shootout]], [[ambush]]
-| fatalities = 58 (including 33 militants, 4 paramilitary forces and 22 hostages killed by militants)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shahid |first=Syed Irfan Raza {{!}} Saleem |date=2025-03-13 |title=Balochistan standoff ends after all Jaffar Express hostages rescued |url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1897595/balochistan-standoff-ends-after-all-jaffar-express-hostages-rescued |access-date=2025-03-13 |website=DAWN.COM |language=en}}</ref>
+| fatalities = 64 (including all 33 militants)<ref name=":Dawn Update" /><ref name="News 24"/>
-| numparts = 33
+| numparts = 33<ref name="News 24" /><ref name=":Indian Express">{{Cite news |date=12 March 2025 |title=Pakistan Train Attack LIVE Updates: Pakistan army says train hijack operation over, 33 militants and 21 hostages killed |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/pakistan-train-attack-live-baloch-liberation-army-train-hijack-dead-army-9881065/ |access-date=12 March 2025 |work=[[The Indian Express]] |language=en |archive-date=12 March 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250312121846/https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/pakistan-train-attack-live-baloch-liberation-army-train-hijack-dead-army-9881065/ |url-status=live}}</ref>{{efn|However, a police officer who was a hostage in the train reported "hundreds".<ref name="WeFought" />}}
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