Islamabad, Pakistan – Separatist fighters have attacked and seized a train in Pakistan’s southwestern province of Balochistan, taking hundreds of people hostage.

Pakistani insurgents opened fire Tuesday on a passenger train in the country's southwestern Balochistan province, wounding the driver and prompting security guards aboard the train to fire back, officials said.

Gunmen in Pakistan have reportedly hijacked a train, taking around 450 passengers hostage and injuring the train’s driver. The separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has issued a warning, threatening to execute all hostages in its custody if Pakistani authorities in southwestern Balochistan province attempt any intervention,