Suicide attack probe: Chinese investigators meet Interior Minister

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s interior minister Mohsin Naqvi met a team of Chinese investigators at Beijing’s embassy in Islamabad on Friday (March 29) following the death of five Chinese nationals in a suicide attack.

According to a statement released by Pakistan’s Interior Ministry, Naqvi briefed the team on the investigation so far.

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A suicide bomber rammed a vehicle into a convoy of Chinese engineers working on a dam project in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday (March 26), killing six people, police said.

This is the third major attack on Chinese interests in the South Asian country in a week. The bombing followed a March 20 attack on a strategic port used by China in the southwestern province of Balochistan, where Beijing has poured billions of dollars into infrastructure projects, and a March 25 assault on a naval air base, also in the southwest.

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Both attacks were claimed by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), the most prominent of several separatist groups in Balochistan.

According to officials, Pakistan has set up a dedicated force of police and military to ensure security for Chinese activities.