What happened

A suicide bomber drove a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device into a security convoy carrying Chinese employees of Port Qasim Electric Power Company as it travelled near Karachi's Jinnah International Airport. Two Chinese power-project workers were killed and a third was injured. Initial reporting counted at least eight other wounded people; a later Sindh police account said three people died in total, including the bomber, and at least 11 others were injured. Ten vehicles were reported damaged in the blast and resulting fire, including four destroyed. The Balochistan Liberation Army's Majeed Brigade claimed responsibility by email and said it had targeted Chinese engineers and investors as part of its campaign against Chinese and China-Pakistan Economic Corridor interests. China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed that the convoy belonged to the Port Qasim coal-fired power project and condemned the bombing as a terrorist attack. No outage or physical damage at the 1,320 MW generating station was reported. The marker is placed near the documented airport attack area rather than at the power plant, approximately 22 kilometres to the southeast.

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