Race on to free train hostages

SURVIVORS: 'PEOPLE HID UNDER THE SEATS IN PANIC'

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Hostages freed from a train siege in southwestern Pakistan on Tuesday said they walked for hours through mountainous terrain to reach safety, forced to leave behind relatives from whom they were separated.

Militants waging a war of independence against the Pakistani state set off explosions on the railway track in a remote area of Balochistan, forcing the train to a halt and taking more than 450 passengers hostage.

"I can't find the words to describe how we managed to escape. It was terrifying," Muhammad Bilal said.