local Pakistani medias and Chinese State Medias reported that a convoy of Chinese engineers was attacked near a Police Station in Gwadar, #Balochistan Province in Southwestern #Pakistan.
According to the reports, 7 vehicles — mostly SUVs and a van, all bulletproof — belonging to a convoy of a Mainland Chinese Company came under a heavy attack by armed militants. The Convoy was carrying carried 23 Chinese nationals, mostly engineers.
During the ambush, an #IED exploded and the van was shot at, creating cracks in the glass.
According to Chinese State Media, there have been no injuries or casualities reported within the attacked Chinese convoy, which is currently guarded by Pakistani security forces and is generally safe
#Gwadar and Balochistan province are known in #WestAsia for being a hotspot for Baloch separatist insurgents — some of a nationalist bent, others of a Marxist/libertarian-socialist bent — in recent years, with Balochistan guerrillas often attacking facilities belonging to Chinese Companies, which local separatist groups accuse of being "Imperialist and Neo-Colonial Entities", something very nteresting, so to speak, given that such groups trace their origins back to the Soviet Occupation Era of #Afghanistan
#Pakistan #China #Terrorism #politics #BreakingNews
