Officials report two outlawed BLA militants were killed during an assault on a convoy transporting Chinese workers to a port project funded by Beijing in Pakistan's Balochistan province
Balochistan is Pakistan's least populous province but is rich in mineral resources. / Photo: Reuters Archive
A spokesman for China's consulate in Karachi said on Sunday none of its nationals were killed or wounded in the attack, and urged Chinese citizens to heighten their vigilance. The banned Balochistan Liberation Army said on Sunday that two of its"fighters died in a self-sacrificing" attack on a convoy going to Gwadar port in Pakistan's southwest.
China's consulate in Karachi said it had asked Pakistan to"severely punish the perpetrators and take concrete and effective measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens, institutions and projects".
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