Officials say a suicide bomber blew himself up at a train station in restive southwestern Pakistan, killing at least 26 people, including soldiers, and wounding 62 others

The attack happened when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the garrison city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province.

A banned ethnic separatist group in a restive province claimed responsibility for the deadly attack in Quetta, the provincial capital.

A suicide bomber carried out an attack at a railway station in southwestern Pakistan on Saturday, November 9, leaving at least 25 people dead, reports CNN. According to police, the explosion occurred on the platform of the main railway station in Quetta around 9 a.

The bomb exploded when nearly 100 passengers were waiting for a train to travel to the city of Rawalpindi from Quetta, the capital of the restive Balochistan province, said a senior police officer.

Pakistan's railways has suspended all train services to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff.

At least 26 were killed and 62 wounded when an explosion occurred Saturday at 8:45 a.m. local time at the busy Quetta railway station in southwestern Pakistan.

Pakistan's railways suspended all train services on Monday to and from a restive southwestern province where a suicide bombing at a train station over the weekend killed 26 people, including soldiers and railway staff.