{"id":21468,"date":"2023-12-23T09:50:54","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T04:50:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=21468"},"modified":"2023-12-23T09:50:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T04:50:54","slug":"awam-express-bomb-threat-was-thwarted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/latest-news\/awam-express-bomb-threat-was-thwarted\/","title":{"rendered":"Awam Express bomb threat was thwarted"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Security personnel defused a bomb placed on the Awam Express train, which was heading from Peshawar to Karachi&#8217;s Cantt Station, averting a possible catastrophe.<\/p>\n<p>Around nine o&#8217;clock at night, when the train arrived in Karachi, a sweeper noticed a suspicious-looking bag under seats 71 and 72 in coach number five. This raised the alarm.<\/p>\n<p>The railroad management quickly realized how serious the situation was, so they notified the police, which resulted in the rapid deployment of a large number of police officers and rangers to platform two.<\/p>\n<p>Before the bomb disposal unit arrived and carried out a thorough inspection, they promptly sealed off the area and discovered a five-kilogram explosive device.<\/p>\n<p>When it was revealed that the bomb was rigged with two kilograms of explosives and deftly used a motorcycle battery, the dark sophistication of the scheme became clear.<\/p>\n<p>The bomb disposal squad prevented a possible disaster by effectively neutralizing the threat while working under extreme pressure.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/imran-khans-nomination-papers-submitted-in-mianwali.html\">Imran Khan&amp;#8217;s nomination papers submitted in Mianwali<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Sources within the bomb disposal unit disclosed that the time device was equipped with an ID bomb linked to a timer, underscoring the calculated nature of the danger.<\/p>\n<p>Quick thinking and the prompt relay of information allowed law enforcement to swiftly neutralize the imminent threat posed by the nefarious device.<\/p>\n<p>In the aftermath of this chilling incident, the police department has initiated measures to locate and interview passengers who occupied the seats directly above the suspicious bag.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KARACHI: Security personnel defused a bomb placed on the Awam Express train, which was heading from Peshawar to Karachi&#8217;s Cantt Station, averting a possible catastrophe. Around nine o&#8217;clock at night, when the train arrived in Karachi, a sweeper noticed a suspicious-looking bag under seats 71 and 72 in coach number five. This raised the alarm. [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":21469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[287,9,21,2],"tags":[10441,10440,3431],"class_list":["post-21468","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crime","category-latest-news","category-news","category-pakistan","tag-awam-express","tag-bomb","tag-bomb-disposal-squad"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21468","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21468"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21468\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21468"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21468"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21468"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}