2024 Shangla bombing

2024 Shangla bombing
Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Anti-China terrorism in Pakistan
Location	Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Coordinates	35°19′02.16″N73°11′35.78″E / 35.3172667°N 73.1932722°E / 35.3172667; 73.1932722
Date	26 March 2024
Target	Chinese construction labor of Dasu Dam
Attack type	Suicide bombing
Deaths	7 (including the perpetrator)
Injured	0

On 26 March 2024, in Bisham Tehsil, Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a suicide bomber attacked a bus transporting five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver on their way to the Dasu Dam, killing all of them. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6]}

Incident

The bomber rammed an explosive-filled car into the bus that was travelling from Islamabad to Kohistan on the Karakoram Highway. ^[7] No group took responsibility for the attack. ^[4] The Taliban-led government of Afghanistan also rejects Afghan involvement in the attack. ^[8]

This was the third attack on Chinese interests in Pakistan the same week, as a Pakistani naval base and a port used by China were also attacked by Baloch separatists. The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan told Chinese nationals in Pakistan to stay alert. ^[9]

Aftermath

On 29 March, Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan to join a probe into the attack. ^[10] On 1 April, Pakistani police said that they had arrested 12 people in connection with the attack. ^[11]

On 23 May, the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet decided to pay US$2.58 million to the families of Chinese workers that died in the attack. ^[12]

See also

• 2021 Upper Kohistan bombing

References

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