2024 Shangla bombing
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Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
| 2024 Shangla bombing | |
|---|---|
| Part of the Insurgency in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Anti-China terrorism in Pakistan | |
| Location | 35°19′02.16″N 73°11′35.78″E / 35.3172667°N 73.1932722°E Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan |
| Date | 26 March 2024 |
| Target | Chinese construction labor of Dasu Dam |
Attack type | Suicide bombing |
| Deaths | 7 (including the perpetrator) |
| Injured | 0 |
On 26 March 2024, in Bisham Tehsil, Shangla District, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan, a suicide bomber attacked a bus transporting five Chinese engineers and their Pakistani driver on their way to the Dasu Dam, killing all of them.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
The bomber rammed an explosive-filled car into the bus that was travelling from Islamabad to Kohistan on the Karakoram Highway.[7] No group took responsibility for the attack.[4] The Taliban-led government of Afghanistan also rejects Afghan involvement in the attack.[8]
This was the third attack on Chinese interests in Pakistan the same week, as a Pakistani naval base and a port used by China were also attacked by Baloch separatists. The Chinese Embassy in Pakistan told Chinese nationals in Pakistan to stay alert.[9]
