3 Chinese nationals killed in suicide bombing at Karachi University gate, watch
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Karachi, April 26, 2022: Four people, including three Chinese nationals, were killed and several others injured in an explosion in a van near the Confucius Institute at Pakistan’s Karachi University on Tuesday, reports said. The attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber, according to news agency AFP.
According to DawnNewsTV, a Pakistani separatist group has claimed the responsibility for the attack.
Police and rescue services are on their way to the site of the incident. Television footage showed a white van in flames with plumes of smoke rising from its remains.
CCTV footage of woman suicide attacker targeting vehicle carrying Chinese nationals within Karachi University
— Rezaul Hasan Laskar (@Rezhasan) April 26, 2022
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Local media reports said that the van was transporting lecturers, including three Chinese nationals, who were returning after teaching at the university. These lecturers were apparently teaching at the Chinese language department.
The nature of the blast is being ascertained by the police. SP Gulshan said that whether the blast was sabotage or an accident was being investigated. "A bomb disposal squad has also been called to determine the nature of the blast," he said.
Urdu language Jang newspaper reported that the blast was caused by a remote-controlled device.
Police sources said that there were seven to eight people in the van; however, an exact number of casualties was yet to be reported.
I am deeply grieved on the loss of precious lives including of our Chinese friends in the heinous attack in Karachi today. My heartfelt condolences go to the bereaved families. I strongly condemn this cowardly act of terrorism. The perpetrators will surely be brought to justice.
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz) April 26, 2022
Meanwhile, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif offered his condolences to the families of those lost lives and "strongly condemned the act of terrorism."
In July last year, two Chinese nationals were fired at by unidentified assailants on a motorcycle in Pakistan’s Karachi. The incident came two weeks after the IED attack on a bus carrying Chinese engineers to the Dasu dam site in Upper Kohistan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. At least 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, were killed in the incident.
In April last year, a bomb exploded at a top hotel hosting the Chinese ambassador in Quetta in southwestern Pakistan, killing four people.
In 2019, gunmen stormed a luxury hotel overlooking a flagship CPEC project -- the deep-water seaport in Gwadar that gives China strategic access to the Arabian Sea -- killing at least eight people.
Balochistan Liberation Army’s alleged woman suicide bomber Shari Baloch tweeted goodbye to her friends before blowing herself up at Karachi University. She was an MSc and an MPhil. It is suspected that her Twitter account is still up.
Courtesy: India Today