Karachi, Pakistan — On Wednesday, July 28, police said Chinese were shot dead and injured in an attack in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city. Country.
According to police deputy inspector Javed Akbar Rias, the victim and another Chinese on Wednesday were being driven to the industrial area of Karachi when they were attacked.
“Two men in face masks on motorcycles shot,” Rias told Reuters, adding that car passengers were traveling without police escorts.
No one claimed responsibility for the attack.
Police officers will inspect a damaged car at the scene of a shooting incident in Karachi, Pakistan, on Wednesday, July 28, 2021. (Fareed Khan / AP)China is Pakistan’s close ally and major investor, and various militants against the Pakistani government have attacked Chinese projects and citizens in the past.
On July 14, a bus exploded in Kohistani, northwestern Pakistan, killing 13 people, including nine Chinese working on a dam project.
Pakistan initially accused the mechanical failure, but later found traces of explosives and said terrorism could not be ruled out. Chinese Prime Minister Li Keqiang described it as a “terrorist attack” and urged Pakistani responders to hold the perpetrators accountable.
On July 17, a Chinese investigator with a Pakistani counterpart visited the scene of the bus explosion.
Chinese workers killed by bus are part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), a $ 65 billion investment plan aimed at connecting western China with the port of Gwadar in southern Pakistan. Was hired in.
Part of Beijing’s large Belt and Road Initiative, CPEC has brought thousands of Chinese workers and engineers to work in Pakistan over the past six years.
It was not clear if China’s national shot on Wednesday was related to the CPEC project.
By Syed Raza Hassan