Peshawar: Nine Chinese workers are among 13 people killed on Wednesday when the explosion on the bus sent him a role in a ravine in northwest Pakistan, said government officials and police.
While Pakistani officials said the nature of the explosion was being investigated, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad said his citizens had arrived under the “attack”.
In a statement on Wednesday, the Chinese Embassy said that “a particular project from Chinese companies in Pakistan suffered an attack, which caused the death of Chinese citizens”.
This urged Chinese companies to strengthen their security procedures and called on the capture of swifts from attackers.
Conducting the attack, foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian urged Pakistan to “punish the” perpetrators “and sincerely protect the safety of citizens, organizations and Chinese projects” in the country.
This bus brings Chinese engineers, surveyors and mechanical staff to Dasu Dam construction sites in Khyber Province Pakhtunkhwa, a regional government official who does not want to be named AFP.
“The explosion triggered fire on the engine dropped the vehicle to the ravine,” he said.
He said 28 national China was injured.
A local police officer, who also asked not to be named after, confirming the incident and said: “It was a severe explosion but it was unknown”.
The security of Chinese workers has long been a matter of worries in Pakistan. A large number of them are based in this country to oversee and build infrastructure projects.
In April, Pakistan Taliban claimed responsibility for deadly suicide explosions in a luxury hotel that hosted the Chinese Ambassador, who was not injured, southwest of Balochistan.
The group recently claimed a series of attacks not only in the tribal areas turbulent in Pakistan along the Afghan border but also in cities, including the capital of Islamabad.
There are signs in recent months that Pakistan Taliban has reunited along the Afghan border, claims often clashes with security officials.
Beijing has poured billions of dollars to Pakistan in recent years to improve the infrastructure of the country.
But Chinese-funded projects have triggered hatred, especially among separatist groups, which say locals see a little benefit, with most of the work will be an outsider.