A large explosion occurred outside the Commerce Department at Karachi University, Pakistan, on Tuesday (April 26). The incident was now believed to have been a suicide strike, with the Baloch Liberation Army claiming credit.
CCTV footage of the suicide bomber has been obtained, showing Shari Baloch, the lady who has been identified as the bomber, blowing herself up as the van passes by. The woman may be seen standing on a street corner when a white vehicle carrying officials from the Chinese Confucius Institute was bombed. Huang Guiping, the director of the Confucius Institute, as well as two other Chinese residents, Ding Mupeng and Chen Sa, and their local driver Khalid, were killed.
According to first reports, the explosion happened at 2:30 p.m. The vehicle was turning towards the Confucius Institute when the explosion occurred, according to the Dawn. While rescuers suspected that the incident was caused by a cylinder explosion, Karachi Police Chief Ghulam Nabi Memon’s prediction that it was a suicide bombing carried out by a burqa-clad woman came true.
A Pakistani Twitter user provided a photo of the suicide bomber who targeted and killed Chinese officials outside Karachi University.
BLA has claimed the responsibility of the attack on Chinese students van in Karachi university bomb attack! The woman below is said to be the perpetrator – the suicide bomber! 4 people including 3 Chinese students martyred. 4 injured! pic.twitter.com/AuRoSpcytv
— Sadia A 🇵🇰 (@DrSadiaA) April 26, 2022
Following the attack, the BLA released a statement identifying the bomber as Shari Baluch or Bramsh and claiming she was the group’s first female bomber. According to the statement, the attack marked “a new chapter in the history of Baloch resistance.”
This isn’t the first time Chinese citizens have been targeted in a country known for its shaky security system. Furthermore, Balochistan has long been a boiling cauldron, with its residents engaged in a continuous insurgency against Pakistan, accusing Islamabad of forcibly taking their land and suppressing their opposition with repression.
In July 2021, the first major attack on Chinese people occurred in Pakistan, in Dasu in the northwest, which resulted in the deaths of nine Chinese nationals. The Baloch militants, on the other hand, did not claim responsibility for the attack. The incident, which killed four individuals, was claimed by the Pakistani Taliban.
