China Presses Pakistan to Hold Killers of Chinese Nationals Accountable
Voice of America
ISLAMABAD - China asked Pakistan on Friday to bring to justice planners of this week's "terrorist attack" in the neighboring country that killed at least nine Chinese workers and three of their Pakistani coworkers.
Premier Li Keqiang raised the issue with Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan by phone, Chinese state media reported. Li stressed the need for Pakistan to "use all necessary measures" to investigate the incident and hold the culprits accountable. Khan's office said in a statement that he assured Li that his government would spare no effort to fully investigate the incident. "No hostile forces would be allowed to damage brotherly relations between Pakistan and China," he added. Wednesday's suspected suicide attack — the largest loss of life of Chinese citizens in Pakistan in recent years — targeted a two-bus convoy transporting Chinese and Pakistani workers to the China-funded Dasu hydropower project that is under construction in the northwestern Kohistan region.Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. Fire rages following an Israeli strike on an area designated for displaced Palestinians, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas, in Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, in this still picture taken from a video, May 26, 2024. Palestinians gather at the site of an Israeli strike on a camp for internally displaced people in Rafah on May 27, 2024. A member of the bomb squad of the Israeli police collects debris after a rocket fired by Palestinian militants struck in the Israeli city of Herzliya on May 26, 2024.