20 Chinese citizens killed, 34 injured in 14 terrorist attacks since 2021 – Nacta

Twenty Chinese citizens have been killed and 34 injured in terrorist attacks in the country since 2021, the National Counter Terrorism Authority (Nacta) informed lawmakers on Tuesday.

October’s airport bombing killed two Chinese engineers returning to work on a project after a holiday in Thailand.

The attack was claimed by the banned outfit Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). Police registered a first information report against leaders of the BLA and others three days after the incident.

During a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Planning, Development and Special Initiatives today, Nacta Director Colonel Usman informed the participants that there were 14 terrorist attacks on Chinese citizens in the country since 2021 in which “20 [Chinese personnel] have been killed and 34 injured”.

The committee members were informed that eight of the attacks took place in Sindh, four in Balochistan and two in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said that eight Pakistanis were also martyred and 25 were injured in these attacks.

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