An explosion in Pakistan leaves one dead and 12 injured

One person was killed and 12 injured on Thursday in an explosion in Karachi, Pakistanaccording to police, just two weeks after a suicide attack by a separatist group killed four people in the same city.

The burst shook the Saddar neighborhood of Karachi – the most populous city in Pakistan– around 11:00 p.m. on Thursday night.

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“Initial investigation suggests that the explosive material was placed on a motorcycle that was parked near a dumpster,” said the local police officer Sajjad Khan.

The target of the attack was not immediately known.

khan He said that a coast guard vehicle was damaged during the attack and that the person who died was a “passerby”.

Last month, a female suicide bomber killed four people, including three Chinese nationals, in an attack on a minibus carrying staff from a Beijing cultural program at the University of karachi.

The Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) — a group fighting for the independence of the largest and most impoverished province of Pakistan — claimed responsibility for the attack, which occurred on April 26.

China has made massive energy and infrastructure investments in Balochistan under a $54 billion plan known as the China-China Economic Corridor.Pakistan.

But the program has put Chinese citizens in the crosshairs of the separatist group, which says local residents are not getting their fair share of the region’s natural resource riches.

Usually, Pakistan has witnessed an increase in attacks by militant groups.

According to the Institute for Conflict and Security Studies in Pakistanincreased by 24% between March and April.

Source: Elcomercio

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