On April 26, 2022, female suicide bombers from Pakistan's Balochistan separatist group attacked a vehicle ridden by staff at the Confucius Institute affiliated to the University of Karachi, killing four people, including three Chinese citizens.
Agence France-Presse reported that the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) declared it "responsible" for the suicide attack in Telegram, which targeted a passenger car in front of the Confucius Institute affiliated to the University of Karachi.
According to the Global Times reporter, the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi is located next to the most famous business administration college in the school, located in the core area of the school, with sufficient security forces. The attacker's choice to shuttle the shuttle bus into front of the Confucius Institute campus and the instantaneous detonation of the deceleration turn was a carefully planned attack.
Pakistani Prime Minister Shabaz Sharif communicated with the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan for the first time, expressing condolences on behalf of the Pakistani government for the victims of the terrorist attack. The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated late at night: the blood of Chinese cannot be shed in vain!
> the "human bomb" is actually a Kochi woman?
A spokesman for the Baloch People's Liberation Army said a woman named "Shari Baloch" had launched the suicide bombing, the first time they had sent a woman on a suicide mission.
Shari Baloch
Shockingly, the suicide bomber was not only a woman, but also a person with a highly educated background and a good family condition. Not only is she married, she has two children.
Local media reported that Sally was a primary school teacher in her hometown of Cage in Balochistan. She received her bachelor's degree in 2014 and her master's degree in 2018. She holds a Master's Degree in Zoology from Balochistan University and a Master of Philosophy degree from The Open University of Arama Iqbal.
Sally has a pair of children, a daughter named Mahrosh and a son named Meer Hassan, one of whom is 8 years old and one 5 years old. Her husband is a dentist, her father is a head of a government agency, and her father also served as a district council member for three years. Her brother-in-law was a lecturer, and one of her uncles was a writer and a professor. It is clear that the family was highly educated and a family with a good background.
Who is the Balochistan Liberation Army >?
The "Balochistan Liberation Army", which claims to be responsible for the terrorist attack, has been designated as a terrorist organization by Pakistan, britain, the United States, the European Union and other countries and regions, and the organization is active in Pakistan's Balochistan province, which borders Afghanistan, to use force against the Pakistani government.
In recent years, the organization has begun to target Chinese citizens and Chinese-funded enterprises in Pakistan, and public information shows that the Balochistan Liberation Army, especially its subordinate "Majid Brigade", has repeatedly attacked Chinese citizens and Chinese-funded enterprises in Pakistan in recent years.
Why did > attack?
According to Agence France-Presse, Chinese-funded projects often cause strong resentment in Pakistan, particularly among Balochistan separatist groups, who believe local residents have not benefited from these projects because most of the jobs are occupied by Chinese workers.
Balochistan, a large, impoverished province in southwestern Pakistan bordering Afghanistan and Iran, has long been a source of ethnic, sectarian and separatist violence. The province is rich in oil, gas and mineral resources, but its roughly 12 million people complain of being marginalized and plundering their natural resources.
> attacks against Chinese
In November 2018, the Balochistan Liberation Army (PLA) admitted to launching an attack on the Chinese Consulate General in Karachi that killed two local police officers and two civilians and killed three attackers in the exchange of fire.
On May 11, 2019, armed men with guns broke into the Pearl Hotel in Puerto Gwadar, built by a Chinese company, and engaged in a shootout with police and security forces. In the end, all the attackers were killed, and the incident killed 5 people and injured 4 others. Afterwards, the Balochistan Liberation Army claimed that the attack was carried out by members of the Majid Brigade.
In June 2020, it attacked the Karachi Stock Exchange, which is partly owned by Chinese companies, killing at least four people.
Six months ago, the Balochistan Liberation Army attacked China's consulate in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city and economic and financial capital, killing at least four people.
The information in this article comes from the Global Times, RFI, BBC
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