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A termination bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest adjacent a van carrying Japanese autoworkers successful Pakistan's larboard metropolis of Karachi connected Friday, constabulary said. They narrowly escaped nan onslaught but 3 bystanders were wounded.
Separately, an Afghan Taliban belief clever clever was killed successful an onslaught successful nan southwest of Pakistan nan erstwhile day.
The onslaught connected nan van happened erstwhile it was heading to an business area wherever nan 5 Japanese nationals worked astatine Pakistan Suzuki Motors, section constabulary main Arshad Awan said. He said constabulary escorting nan Japanese returned occurrence aft coming nether attack, sidesplitting an accomplice of nan termination bomber whose remains were recovered astatine nan segment of nan attack.
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"All nan Japanese who were nan target of nan onslaught are safe," Awan said.
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif denounced nan attack. In abstracted statements, they praised constabulary for quickly responding and foiling nan attack. They besides vowed to destruct coercion and prayed for nan speedy betterment of nan wounded.
Images connected section news channels showed a damaged van arsenic constabulary officers arrived astatine nan scene. Awan said nan 3 passersby who were wounded successful nan onslaught were successful unchangeable information astatine a hospital.
CORRECTS DATE - Pakistani investigators analyse a damaged van astatine nan tract of a termination onslaught successful Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, April 19, 2024. Five Japanese nationals walking successful a van narrowly escaped a termination onslaught erstwhile a termination bomber detonated his explosive-laden vest adjacent their conveyance successful Pakistan's larboard metropolis of Karachi connected Friday, wounding 3 passers-by, constabulary said. (AP Photo/Fareed Khan)
Police were escorting nan van aft receiving reports astir imaginable attacks connected foreigners who are moving successful Pakistan connected various Chinese-funded and different projects, said Tariq Mastoi, a elder constabulary officer. He said a timely and speedy consequence from nan guards and constabulary foiled nan onslaught and some attackers were killed.
No 1 instantly claimed responsibility, but suspicion is apt to autumn connected a mini separatist group aliases nan Pakistani Taliban who person stepped up attacks connected information forces successful caller years. Insurgents person besides targeted Chinese who are moving successful Pakistan connected projects relating to nan China-Pakistan Economic Corridor, which includes a multitude of megaprojects specified arsenic roadworthy construction, powerfulness plants and agriculture.
In March, 5 Chinese and their Pakistani driver were killed erstwhile a termination bomber successful northwest Pakistan rammed his explosive-laden car into a conveyance erstwhile they were heading to nan Dasu Dam, nan biggest hydropower task successful Pakistan, wherever they worked.
However, Japanese moving successful Pakistan person not been nan target of immoderate specified attacks.
Karachi is nan largest metropolis successful Pakistan and nan superior of confederate Sindh province.
Separately, an Afghan Taliban belief scholar, Mohammad Omar Jan Akhundzada, was killed by gunmen wrong a mosque successful Quetta, nan superior of Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province, a section constabulary serviceman Akram Ullah said Friday.
No 1 claimed work for nan attack, which happened connected Thursday.
Chief Afghan Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid denounced nan sidesplitting of Akhundzada connected Friday, saying Akhundzada taught astatine a jihadi seminary successful Afghanistan's Kandahar state and was a personnel of nan Taliban oversight committee of Islamic scholars.
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Many Afghan leaders and scholars had lived successful Quetta and elsewhere successful Pakistan earlier nan Afghan Taliban seized power of Afghanistan successful mid-August 2021 arsenic U.S. and NATO forces withdrew. Most past went backmost and it was unclear why Akhundzada was still successful Pakistan.
