Three people were reported killed and several injured in an blast that took place inside a bogei of the Shalimar Express.
Blast took place near Toba Tek Singh district. The train was crossing a railway station around 1 pm when the explosion took place inside a bogey in its economy class.
Following the blast, the train was brought to a halt and rescue teams shifted the injured to hospitals in Faisalabad and Toba Tek Singh where emergency was imposed as soon as news of the explosion came.
The Interior Ministry has claimed that railway authorities had been alerted with intelligence pertaining to a possible terrorist threat. The authorities had also been directed to increase security of trains in light of the information.
