Three Chinese nationals have been killed in massive ‘terror’ blast near Karachi Airport.
A huge blast on a road near the airport in Karachi killed three Chinese nationals and injured 17 others with Beijing’s embassy confirming on Monday that its citizens were caught up in the explosion, reported The Asian Mirror.
An AFP journalist heard the explosion near the Jinnah International Airport in Karachi around 11:00 pm Sunday night which was also heard in far-off areas liked Qayyumabad, Defence and Jamshed Road.
Targeting foreign nationals
The target of the explosion was a vehicle carrying foreign nationals.
The blast caused a fire which destroyed two cars and as many motorcycles.
The fire-brigade vehicles were caught in which doused the blaze.
The Sindh government, however, said on X that a “tanker” had exploded on the airport motorway.
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The injured were rushed to different hospitals while DIG East Azfar Maheisar said they were trying to ascertain the cause of blast and would not say anything definite until the forensic report is received.
BLA behind the attack
Terrorist group, the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), said in a statement that it had “targeted a high-level convoy of Chinese engineers and investors” coming from Karachi’s airport.
Earlier, Beijing’s embassy in Islamabad said in a statement on Monday that two Chinese citizens had been killed in a “terror attack” on a convoy of personnel from the Chinese-funded Port Qasim power project.
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The attack also left one Chinese and several Pakistani citizens wounded, the embassy said.
The embassy urged authorities to “conduct a thorough investigation of the attack and severely punish the killers, while at the same time taking practical measures to fully ensure the safety of Chinese citizens, institutions and projects”.
Civil Aviation Authority said flights from Karachi were continuing “as usual” and “agencies are investigating the cause at the scene of the accident/explosion”.
