Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver killed while en route from Islamabad to dam construction site
Six people have been killed after a suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in north-west Pakistan, in the third significant attack on Chinese interests in the country in a week.
The first two attacks targeted a Pakistani naval airbase and a strategic port used by China in the south-west province of Balochistan where Beijing is investing billions in infrastructure projects.
The engineers were en route from Islamabad to their camp at the dam construction site in Dasu in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, said Mohammad Ali Gandapur, the regional police chief.
“Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver were killed in the attack,” Gandapur told Reuters.
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Source: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/mar/26/suicide-bomber-rams-convoy-of-chinese-engineers-in-pakistan
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