Peshawar: Five Chinese nationals and their Pakistani driver were killed in a suicide attack in northwest Pakistan. According to Reuters, a bomb was thrown targeting a convoy of Chinese engineers heading towards their camp in Dasu in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province near Islamabad. Regional police chief Mohammad Ali Gandapur said the attacker rammed a vehicle packed with explosives into the convoy.
Second attack on Chinese citizens
This is not the first time that Chinese citizens have been attacked. Earlier in 2021, 13 people, including 9 Chinese citizens, were killed in a bus explosion.
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The attack on the Chinese convoy came on a day when Pakistan was already reeling under the attack on its second largest airbase, PNS Siddiqui. Balochistan Liberation Army has taken responsibility for the attack. A paramilitary soldier was martyred in this attack. Meanwhile, Pakistani security forces retaliated and killed all five attackers.
four terrorists killed
Meanwhile, the Army said that Pakistan security forces killed four terrorists in an intelligence operation in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The army's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations said that the action was taken after receiving information about the presence of terrorists in the area of Dera Ismail Khan district on Monday.
According to Geo News report, there was firing between terrorists and security personnel. In which four terrorists were killed. According to the report of Pakistan Institute for Conflict and Security Studies, 97 terrorist incidents took place in February. In which 87 died and 118 were injured.