At least one person was killed and two were injured in a blast inside the Jaffar Express train in Punjab’s Chichawatni on Thursday morning, Aaj News reported.

The train was travelling from Quetta to Peshawar. Police, rescue teams and a bomb disposal squad arrived at the site.

A railway spokesperson has confirmed that it was a cylinder explosion, saying that the cylinder had been placed in the washroom. The blast occurred inside the washroom area after the train left the station.