Terrorist Attack Near Pakistan’s Karachi Airport Kills 2 Chinese, Injures 8 Others

A terrorist group has claimed responsibility for the attack targeting Chinese engineers.

Security officials examine the site of an explosion that caused injuries and destroyed vehicles outside Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, Pakistan, early on Oct. 7, 2024. Fareed Khan/AP Photo

Two Chinese nationals were killed, and at least eight more people were injured in an explosion on the night of Oct. 6 near Jinnah International Airport in Karachi, southern Pakistan, in the latest deadly attack on Chinese in Pakistan.

The Chinese Embassy said it was a “terrorist attack,” and the U.S.-designated terrorist group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) took credit for the attack in a statement emailed to journalists on Oct. 7.