Pakistan security forces kill two after attack on Chinese convoy in Gwadar | News

The separatist Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) claimed accountability for the assault on a convoy of Chinese language staff.

Safety forces in Pakistan have killed two armed individuals who attacked a convoy of Chinese language staff within the nation’s southwestern Balochistan province, police officers mentioned.

“Two attackers had been killed within the operation [in Gwadar], which has now concluded,” Gwadar Deputy Superintendent of Police Chakar Baloch informed Al Jazeera on Sunday.

Native police official Jawad Tariq mentioned all members of the Chinese language convoy and safety officers concerned within the trade of fireside remained unhurt.

The separatist Balochistan Liberation Military (BLA) claimed accountability for the assault on a convoy of autos carrying Chinese language engineers within the southern coastal metropolis of Gwadar, the place China is constructing a seaport.

“BLA Majeed Brigade at this time focused a convoy of Chinese language engineers in Gwadar,” the armed group, which is banned in Pakistan, mentioned on social media.

Earlier, the media wing of Pakistan’s navy issued a press release saying an operation was launched after the “presence of terrorists within the space was confirmed”.

“Terrorists used small arms and hand grenades,” the navy assertion mentioned, including that safety forces had cordoned off the world and carried out a search operation.

China’s state-run newspaper World Instances additionally confirmed the assault, saying, “the convoy of three SUVs and a van, all bulletproof, carried 23 Chinese language personnel.”

The image obtained from GT reveals the bulletproof glass on the window of a van from the attacked Chinese language convoy in Pakistan cracked from the assault on Sunday. https://t.co/YF7fZI1iCZ pic.twitter.com/UvfFvdoEuH

— World Instances (@globaltimesnews) August 13, 2023

Gwadar, a seaport city on Pakistan’s southwestern coast, is present process developmental initiatives which might be being carried out with assist from Chinese language engineers and are financed by the Chinese language authorities.

BLA and different Baloch separatist teams have beforehand carried out and claimed assaults on China-linked growth initiatives within the province.

The world the place the assault came about homes the Pak-China Technical Institute, a judicial complicated and different authorities places of work.

“There was intense firing for 20 minutes and shopkeepers pulled down shutters after the assault”, an area resident, requesting anonymity, informed Al Jazeera by phone.

The Chinese language consulate normal within the southern metropolis of Karachi issued a security warning, in accordance with World Instances.

“The consulate urged folks to keep up excessive vigilance and strictly management large-scale gathering actions because of the extreme safety state of affairs,” it mentioned.

The Chinese language Consulate Common in Karachi, Pakistan issued a security warning on Sunday following an incident through which a Chinese language convoy of engineers was attacked close to the Gwadar police station. The consulate urged folks to keep up excessive vigilance and strictly management large-scale… https://t.co/Q6qIoyozNz

— World Instances (@globaltimesnews) August 13, 2023

With further reporting from Syed Ali Shah.