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3 Chinese tutors killed in Karachi university bombing
Published on: 2022-04-27
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Three Chinese language teachers and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suspected suicide bombing in the southern city of Karachi, police say.
 

The blast ripped through their minibus, injuring at least four others near the university's Confucius Institute.
 

The separatist Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) said it attacked the vehicle carrying the Chinese staff, and that the suicide bomber had been a woman.
 

The group opposes Chinese investment in Pakistan, saying locals do not benefit.
 

It would be the first time a suicide attack by the BLA has been carried out by a female militant. The group has targeted Chinese nationals on a number of occasions, as has the Pakistani Taliban.
 

China is heavily involved in large infrastructure projects across Pakistan, including in resource-rich Balochistan province.
 

China's embassy in Pakistan confirmed that three of the country's citizens had been killed in Tuesday's blast. Pakistan's government condemned what it called a "cowardly terrorist attack".
 

The dead included the director of the Confucius Institute, a Chinese government-run body which offers language and cultural programmes overseas, and two other faculty members in Karachi.
 

CCTV footage showed a woman standing outside the gate of the institute as the van arrives, followed by a powerful explosion.
 

The BLA released a photo of a woman in fatigues raising two fingers in salute who it said had carried out the attack, and named her as Shariah Baloch alias Bramsh.
 

Local media reported that the bomber had been a student at the university.
 

Balochistan, rich in natural resources but Pakistan's poorest province, is home to a long-running insurgency.
 

It is being transformed by major Chinese infrastructure projects on the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a network of roads, railway and pipelines between the two countries which forms part of Beijing's ambitious Belt and Road initiative.
 

巴基斯坦卡拉奇孔院中方院长遇袭身亡

据巴基斯坦媒体26日报道,该国南部城市卡拉奇当日发生一起爆炸案,造成4人死亡,其中包括3名中国公民。当地警方称,爆炸可能是女性发动的自杀式炸弹袭击事件。
 

中国驻巴基斯坦大使馆随后证实,当地时间26日下午2点20分左右,卡拉奇大学孔子学院班车在校内遭遇恐怖袭击。目前已造成3名中方教师遇难,1名中方教师受伤。

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