{"id":148758,"date":"2024-10-06T23:38:11","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T23:38:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/explosion-near-pakistans-karachi-airport-leaves-two-dead-and-eight-injured\/"},"modified":"2024-10-06T23:38:11","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T23:38:11","slug":"explosion-near-pakistans-karachi-airport-leaves-two-dead-and-eight-injured","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/10\/06\/explosion-near-pakistans-karachi-airport-leaves-two-dead-and-eight-injured\/","title":{"rendered":"Explosion near Pakistan’s Karachi Airport leaves two dead and eight injured"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Two people have died and at least eight have been injured after an explosion near a major airport in Pakistan, officials have said.<\/p>\n

Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the Karachi Airport – which is Pakistan<\/a><\/strong>‘s biggest – on Sunday.<\/p>\n

The provincial home minister, Zia UI Hassan, told local television station Geo News that it was an attack targeting foreign nationals.<\/p>\n

Pakistani separatist militant group the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the explosion, according to the Reuters news agency.<\/p>\n

The group said it was targeting Chinese nationals and was carried out using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device.<\/p>\n

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Footage of the blast showed flames engulfing cars and a thick column of smoke rising from the scene.<\/p>\n

Rahat Hussain, who works in the civil aviation department, said the explosion was so big it shook the buildings of the airport.<\/p>\n

Karachi police deputy inspector general East Azfar Mahesar told reporters that it seemed like it was an oil tanker explosion and said officers were among the injured.<\/p>\n

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“We are determining the nature and reasons for the blast. It takes time,” he said.<\/p>\n

The BLA seeks independence for the province of Balochistan, located in the southwest of Pakistan, bordering Afghanistan and Iran.<\/p>\n

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In August, the group launched coordinated attacks in the province, in which more than 70 people were killed.<\/p>\n

The BLA specifically targets Chinese interests, as thousands of workers are in Pakistan, many involved in Beijing’s multibillion-dollar Belt and Road Initiative that connects south and central Asia with the Chinese capital.<\/p>\n

In the past, the group has accused Beijing of helping Islamabad exploit the Balochistan province.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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