Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif, in his first reaction to the train hijack incident, said that dozens of terrorists have been 'sent to hell' and added he is deeply shocked by the loss of innocent lives.

The separatist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for attacking the train carrying 440 passengers in a tunnel in a remote part of Balochistan. Spokesman Jeeyand Baloch had said the group was ready to free passengers if authorities agree to release jailed militants.

Separatist militants fired at a passenger train in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, injuring a train driver, police and railway officials said.