Pakistan arrests 11 involved in attack on Chinese nationals
Asia
By
Xinhua
| May 28, 2024
Pakistan's National Counter-Terrorism Authority Coordinator Muhammad Tahir Rai said Sunday that security forces have arrested 11 suspects accused involved in an attack on Chinese nationals in March this year.
Addressing a joint press conference here with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi, he said the arrested are in police custody on physical remand, adding that they would face trial in local ="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/asia/article/2001479311/insurgents-ambush-chinese-engineers-convoy-in-pakistan">anti-terrorism court where charge< sheets would be submitted after completing legal formalities.
Naqvi said that foreign land had been used to attack Chinese nationals in Pakistan, which is a "matter of great concern for Pakistan."
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The authorities have all the evidence that the attack was planned and operated from Afghan soil by the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), the minister said, adding that "the adversary intelligence agencies" funded them heavily for the attack.
Pakistan has raised this issue with the Afghan interim government, he added.
="https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/health/africa/article/2001469247/gunmen-kill-9-chinese-at-mine-in-central-african-republic">No official response< has been made by the Afghan side.
On March 26, a suicide bomber riding on an explosive-laden vehicle attacked a convoy of Chinese nationals heading towards a hydropower project, killing five Chinese and their Pakistani driver in the Besham area of Shangla district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.