Dasu bus attack

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Dasu bus incident
Date14 July 2021
Time(UTC+05:00)
LocationUpper Kohistan District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
Deaths13
Non-fatal injuries28

On 14 July 2021 a bus carrying Chinese workers in the Dasu area of Upper Kohistan District fell into a ravine after an explosion, killing 13 people, including nine Chinese residents and 4 Pakistanis, and injured 28 others.[1][2][3]

The bombing[]

The site of the bombing was near a hydroelectric project where Chinese and Pakistani workers had been working together for several years. The bus fell into a ravine as a result of the attack. The injured were taken by ambulance helicopters to a hospital in Dasu city, 10 km away.[4]

Background to the assassination[]

An editorial in the Global Times, the official newspaper of the Chinese Communist Party, described the bombing as a carefully planned act of terrorism, the worst attack on Chinese citizens in recent years.[4]

On 12 August 2021, Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mahmood Qureshi said that "Afghanistan’s soil was used for the terrorist attack and the investigators were “clearly looking at the traces of its planning and executing meeting with the nexus of NDS and RAW revealing 'Indian-Afghan nexus' behind this attack".[5][6]

References[]

  1. ^ "9 Chinese, 4 Pakistanis killed in Dasu bus tragedy". 15 July 2021.
  2. ^ "Chinese company stops work on Dasu project after bus incident".
  3. ^ "Dasu bus incident investigation in 'final' stage: Rashid". 17 July 2021.
  4. ^ a b Ahmad, Jibran; Tian, Yew Lun (2021-07-14). "Pakistan bus blast kills 13 including Chinese; Beijing blames bomb". Reuters. Retrieved 2021-12-17.
  5. ^ "'Indian-Afghan nexus' behind Dasu bus attack: Qureshi". Dawn(Newspaper). Islamabad. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
  6. ^ "RAW, NDS nexus behind Dasu attack: FM". The Express Tribune. Islamabad. 12 August 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2021.
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