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posted by takyon on Saturday November 24 2018, @01:22AM   Printer-friendly
from the one-belt,-one-road dept.

Karachi attack: China consulate attack leaves four dead

Gunmen have killed at least four people in an attack on the Chinese consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi. Gunshots were heard at about 09:30 local time (04:30 GMT) outside the consulate in the upmarket Clifton area. Police shot dead three attackers.

Separatist militants who oppose Chinese investment projects in western Pakistan say they carried out the attack. [...] All the staff inside the consulate are safe, China said. The government condemned the attack on its mission and the foreign ministry in Beijing called for extra measures to protect Chinese citizens in Pakistan. "At the same time we mourn the deaths of the Pakistani police and think of their families at this time," a spokesman said.

[...] A separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, said it had carried out the attack. It is one of a number of separatist groups operating in the province, which has seen a long-running nationalist insurgency. "We have been seeing the Chinese as an oppressor, along with Pakistani forces," a spokesman for the group told the AFP news agency.

Over the years, construction projects and Chinese workers in Balochistan have been repeatedly targeted by militants. Most recently, a suicide bombing in August injured a number of Chinese engineers. So far, none of the incidents has been large enough in scale to really threaten the viability of Chinese investment in the country. But this is one of the most prominent attacks to date.

Gunmen attack Chinese consulate in Karachi

Baloch said the fighters were members of the Fidayeen Majeed Brigade, a new force raised by the group to carry out suicide attacks against Pakistani security forces and Chinese targets.

In August, the BLA launched a suicide attack targeting a bus carrying Chinese engineers in Dalbandin, wounding at least six people.

Balochistan, Pakistan's largest and least populated province, will see a number of new roads and a port constructed under the $56bn China Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), an infrastructure and energy corridor that sees southwestern China linked to the Arabian Sea through Pakistan.

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  • (Score: 1) by Ethanol-fueled on Saturday November 24 2018, @03:20AM (3 children)

    by Ethanol-fueled (2792) on Saturday November 24 2018, @03:20AM (#765793) Homepage

    " Turkey's literacy rate is about 95%. "

    The only thing worse than an illiterate dickhead is a literate dickhead. And orchestrating failed coups against literate dickheads only makes them more literate. Erdogan was able to solidify his grasp on Turkey and move to transform it from a secular nation to an Islamic nation. Now he holds lots more of bargaining chips and can play both sides against each other.

    But what is the message here? The message is to extradite Gulen back to Turkey, then nuke Turkey.

  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Saturday November 24 2018, @03:33AM

    by takyon (881) <reversethis-{gro ... s} {ta} {noykat}> on Saturday November 24 2018, @03:33AM (#765796) Journal

    Erdogan was able to solidify his grasp on Turkey and move to transform it from a secular nation to an Islamic nation.

    Pakistan's largest party is trying to make the nation more secular. Turkey has a better chance of doing so.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @09:40AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @09:40AM (#765845)

    The only thing worse than an illiterate dickhead is a literate dickhead.

    You got that right. Perhaps a little holiday reflection, or is this just another stopped-clock moment?

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @04:16PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday November 24 2018, @04:16PM (#765904)

    The only thing worse than an illiterate dickhead is a literate dickhead.

    A stupid dickhead is the worst of all.