The militants, Baloch ethnic fighters, said they would kill dozens of seized security personnel if the Pakistani government did not agree to a prisoner exchange.

A separatist group in Pakistan took hundreds of train passengers hostage on Tuesday, vowing to kill those it held if demands to release its members from government custody were not met. Instead, the government replied with force,

The Balochistan Liberation Army claims it killed 6 security forces and seized a Pakistani passenger train carrying about 500 people in a remote, mountainous region.