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.

Baloch separatist militants blew up a railway track and launched rockets at the Jaffar Express, which was carrying over 400 passengers.

Twenty-one passengers and four paramilitary soldiers were killed by militants who seized a train in Pakistan's Balochistan, a general said on Wednesday, declaring that the army operation was over. Arm