Fact Check: Old, Unrelated Videos Incorrectly Linked To Recent Train Hijacking In Pakistan
On March 11, 2025, a train traveling from Quetta in Balochistan to Peshawar in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province was hijacked by separatists belonging to the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Soon after, some visuals went viral on social media showed a train on fire with smoke billowing from its carriages as it passed through a mountainous region.
The viral videos claiming to show the BLA hijacking a train in Pakistan and hostages being taken are old and unrelated to the March 11, 2025, incident. The train fire video dates back to at least April 2022, while the footage of people walking up a hill was posted online in December 2024.
