At least 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, have been killed in a ‘bus accident’ in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. He was working on the Dasu Dam project. China has described the incident as a bomb blast, while Pakistan has called it an explosion due to gas leakage. The blast took place in Upper Kohistan district. Dasu’s assistant commissioner Asim Abbas has told the BBC that nine Chinese civilians killed in the accident were engineers, besides two soldiers of the Pakistan Frontier Corps and two civilians.
27 people have also been injured in this ‘bombing’, most of them are Chinese citizens. According to Asim Abbas, the condition of 9 injured is critical. According to media reports, the bus fell into a gorge after the bombing. The Chinese embassy in Pakistan in a statement confirmed the death of nine Chinese nationals in the bombing.
The Pakistan Army has sent a helicopter to the spot and took the injured to the hospital. At the same time, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Chao Lijian has criticized this ‘bombing’ in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. He said in response to a question by news agency Reuters, “China is shocked by the bomb blast in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan and condemns it. Pakistani military forces have taken steps to control the situation.
