Pakistan’s army confirmed on Wednesday that more than 300 hostages from a passenger train seized by terrorists in Balochistan province have been freed, BBC reports. The militants, designated as terrorists,

It all started after armed gunmen forced the train to a halt in a remote, mountainous area of the province on Tuesday afternoon, with the assault immediately claimed by the banned Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), a terrorist group behind rising violence in the province.

The Pakistani government, facing a widening security crisis in the country’s restive southwest, has given little indication it intends to negotiate with the militants.