[2] The train was carrying about 300 people,[3] soldiers of the Pakistan Army Corps of Engineers and their families.
[5] Railways Minister Khawaja Saad Rafique stated that the possibility that the cause was a terrorist attack could not be ruled out.
A regional police officer stated that the bridge was in poor condition and that no explosive materials had been found at the accident site.
[7] Among the 19 dead were the Commanding Officer Lieutenant Colonel Amir Jadoon, his wife and two children - a daughter and a son.
[5] It was reported that Pakistan Railway officials had tried to remove evidence from the scene before investigators arrive on site.
However, an investigation team found some bolts and fish plates approximately some 400 meters away from the accident spot along with some frictional scratches on the track which contradicts the statement by Rafique.