Accident near Karachi Airport
Two people died in a massive explosion outside Pakistan’s Karachi airport on Sunday. At least eight people are reported injured. According to police and the provincial government, a tanker exploded outside Pakistan’s largest airport. Meanwhile, Provincial Home Minister Zia Ul Hasan told local TV channel Geo that this attack was carried out targeting foreigners. A Home Ministry official said the attack was carried out on Chinese citizens, one of whom was injured. There are thousands of Chinese workers in Pakistan, most of whom are working in Beijing’s billion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative, which connects South and Central Asia to the Chinese capital Beijing.
In the video released after the explosion, flames can be seen in the cars and a thick plume of smoke is seen rising from outside the airport. Deputy Inspector General East Azfar Mahesar told the media that it looked like it was an oil tanker explosion. He said “We are finding out the nature and cause of the explosion. It takes time.” He said that police officers are also among the injured. The Home Minister and Inspector General also visited the incident site, but did not speak to the press. Rahat Hussain, who works in the Civil Aviation Department, said that the explosion was so big that the airport buildings shook.
Chinese citizens’ cars targeted
This blast was carried out targeting Chinese citizens. The blast occurred when a car carrying foreign nationals was going towards the airport. There was an explosion in a convoy of cars near the airport signal. The police vehicle escorting foreign nationals was also damaged in the blast. There was chaos everywhere. People started running away from the burning vehicles. Even for a long time after the explosion, no one understood what had happened. There was only a scene of burning vehicles in front. The explosion was so severe that nearby vehicles were also hit by it. With the explosion, the cars caught fire and within a short time the cars were destroyed. According to Pakistani officials, ten vehicles were damaged in the blast, out of which four vehicles were completely burnt to ashes.
Officers had no answer
After the accident, the injured were immediately taken to the hospital. After the blast, Pakistani officials were not able to properly answer the question as to whom the blast was targeted at. Pakistan’s CID Director General Asif Ijaz Sheikh told Pakistani media that it is difficult to tell how the blast was carried out. Pakistani officials kept trying to say that the operations of Karachi Airport were going on smoothly after the attack. About an hour after the blast, Sindh Governor Kamran Kasuri appeared before the media, but he was not ready to accept that the attack had been targeted at foreign nationals. Kasuri also said that there is no tension like situation due to the blasts.
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