A fire that broke out on a train traveling from the southern Pakistani city of Karachi to Lahore killed at least seven people -- four of them children -- late on April 26, railway officials said. Railways official Mohsin Sial said the train caught fire in the Khairpur district, some 500 kilometers north of Karachi. Authorities said the bodies of a man and four children were found in the burnt train while an elderly woman died of burns in hospital. Another woman died after jumping from the window of the moving train. An investigation has been opened, authorities said. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Radio Mashaal, click here.
Fire On Passenger Train In Southern Pakistan Kills At Least Seven
Passengers board a train at a railway station in Lahore on April 20 as they travel back home ahead of the Eid al-Fitr festival marking the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan.