QUETTA: The banned Baloch Republican Army (BRA) has claimed responsibility for Tuesday`s bomb explosion at the main railway track near Karachi.

One girl was killed and at least 23 people were injured when several bogies of the Lahore-bound Shalimar Express derailed due to the impact of the blast.

Sarbaz Baloch, a spokesman for the banned organisation, calling from an unknown place, informed the media in Quetta on Wednesday that the bomb attack had been carried out by the BRA.

`It was a reaction to the killing of political activists and dumping theirbodies in Tootak area of Khuzdar district,` Baloch said. He alleged that security forces were targeting Baloch youths and women in the `on-going operation` `We will target more trains taking passengers to Punjab,` he warned.

He claimed that seven people were killed and over 30 injured when seven bogies overturned.