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The deputy inspector general of police (DIG) announced on Tuesday that a suicide terrorist assault in Shangla’s Besham city killed six people, including five Chinese nationals, according to Pakistani media.
The DIG said that terrorists slammed an explosives-laden truck into the Chinese nationals’ automobile.
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The DIG also said that the Pakistani driver of the targeted vehicle was injured and taken to a nearby hospital, where he died.
The assault targeted engineers traveling from Islamabad to Dasu camp in Kohistan.
In response, a large security force has secured the area and begun searching for the criminals.
In 2021, gunmen assaulted a bus carrying 13 Chinese people in northeastern Pakistan, killing nine.
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