ISLAMABAD: Three Chinese engineers working at a key copper-gold project in southwestern Balochistan province were injured in a suicide bombing on Saturday, security officials said.
Workers at the Saindak Copper-Gold Project in Dalbandin in Chaghai district were targeted by the bomber while they were traveling in a bus, according to a security agency report shared with Arab News.
The outlawed Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility on Twitter and released a photograph of the alleged attacker.
Two security personnel from the Frontier Corps, who were guarding the Chinese employees, were also hurt in the attack.
The security report identified the injured Chinese as Liyanleng, Yov Riwei and Houxiaohv.
Officials said the three men are in a stable condition. They were taken to Karachi for medical care after receiving treatment in Dalbandin.
According to the report, a suicide bomber detonated a device near the Chinese bus at about 10 a.m.
“The Chinese were coming from Saindak project. When they approached Dalbandin Airport, suddenly a car appeared and hit the bus. The suicide bomber inside the car blew himself up,” the report said.
Law enforcement agencies rushed to the scene and took the injured men to Sheikh Zahid Hospital Dalbandin for treatment.
Jayind Baloch, a spokesman for the BLA, said an activist named Rehan Baloch carried out the attack.
A Pakistan Foreign Ministry spokesman, Mohammad Faisal, condemned the attack in a Twitter post, saying: “Pakistan strongly condemns the Dalbandin terrorist attack today in which some Chinese engineers and accompanying FC personnel were injured, all of whom are stable and being treated.
“Pakistan remains unflinchingly undeterred in the face of such dastardly terrorist acts.”
Analysts in Balochistan said it is the first time a Baloch armed group has carried out a suicide attack.
“I am surprised at the BLA’s suicide bombing. I think the group has learned the tactics from the other militant groups,” senior Baloch journalist Ahmad Baloch told Arab News.
Three Chinese engineers hurt in Balochistan suicide attack
Three Chinese engineers hurt in Balochistan suicide attack
- The Chinese engineers were working at a key copper-gold project in southwestern Balochistan when a suicide bomber targeted a Chinese bus
- Pakistan has strongly condemned the Dalbandin attack
Ukraine’s Zelensky says allies to provide new energy and military aid within 10 days
- Kyiv is aiming to rally support among partners as it struggles to fend off Russian battlefield advances and air attacks
KYIV: Ukraine has agreed new energy and military support packages with European allies ahead of the fourth anniversary of Russia’s full-scale invasion on February 24, President Volodymyr Zelensky said on Sunday.
Kyiv is aiming to rally support among partners as it struggles to fend off Russian battlefield advances and air attacks on its energy system while under US pressure to negotiate peace.
“In Munich, we agreed with the leaders of the Berlin Format on specific packages of energy and military aid for Ukraine by February 24,” Zelensky wrote on X.
Zelensky said on Friday after a meeting of the so-called Berlin Format of about a dozen European leaders in Munich that he had hoped for new support, including air-defense missiles.
“I am grateful to our partners for their readiness to help, and we count on all deliveries arriving promptly,” he added.
Russian attacks on major cities such as Kyiv have battered Ukraine’s energy infrastructure, plunging millions of residents into power outages of varying periods in freezing cold weather.
Zelensky added that Russia had launched around 1,300 attack drones, 1,200 guided aerial bombs and dozens of ballistic missiles at Ukraine over the past week alone.
