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3 Chinese tutors among 4 killed in blast inside University of Karachi

The chief minister assured the Chinese official that the incident would be fully investigated, a statement issued by the CM's office said

KARACHI UNIVERSITY BLAST
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Pakistani investigators examine a burned van at the site of explosion in Karachi, Pakistan, Tuesday, April 26, 2022. The explosion ripped through a van inside a university campus in southern Pakistan on Tuesday, killing several people including Chine

Press Trust of India Karachi
A burqa-clad Baloch woman suicide bomber struck a van inside Pakistan's prestigious University of Karachi, killing three Chinese nationals and their local driver, in the latest targeted attack against Chinese citizens in the country's financial capital.

The banned Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) linked Majeed Brigade claimed responsibility for the attack on the teachers that took place near China-built Confucius Institute - a non-profit institute teaching Chinese language to local pupils - in the university. It said the attack was carried out by a woman suicide bomber.

A spokesperson for the university said that three of the victims were Chinese nationals.

(Only the headline and picture of this report may have been reworked by the Business Standard staff; the rest of the content is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)

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