Attack on Chinese nationals near Karachi airport leaves 2 dead, 8 injured

Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s biggest.

A Chinese embassy statement said that a convoy carrying Chinese staff of the Port Qasim Electric Power Company (Private) Limited had been attacked around 11pm, killing two Chinese and injuring one other. It said there were Pakistani casualties as well.

Separatist militant 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.

In a statement emailed to journalists, BLA claimed the explosion was an attack carried out by them using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting Chinese nationals, including engineers.

The regional government of southern Sindh province said on social media site X that a tanker had exploded on the airport motorway.