Pakistan: 30-year-old mother – postgraduate student behind suicide attack at Karachi University

A 30-year-old woman was the suicide bomber who killed three Chinese teachers in Pakistan during a suicide attack at Karachi University. She was also a teacher, who had enrolled in a postgraduate department a few months before the attack and acted on behalf of the Balochistan separatist movement, a Pakistani official announced today, Tuesday (27/4).

THE suicide attackA 30-year-old woman was blown up by a minibus outside the Confucius Institute at Karachi University, a Chinese cultural center and language center, killing herself, three Chinese teachers and a Pakistani driver. .

This was the first major attack this year against Chinese nationals working in the Pakistanand provoked the condemnation of Beijing.

He was a member of the “Army for the Liberation of Balochistan”

A separatist group, the Balochistan Liberation Army, based in the southwestern Balochistan province of Karachi University, said the perpetrator, a mother of two who had a degree in zoology and was studying for a bachelor’s degree, had carry out the attack targeting China, whose investment plans in Balochistan are opposed by the organization.

“The Balochistan Liberation Army warns China once again to stop its exploitation plans immediately; otherwise our future attacks will be even harsher,” the group said in an email.

The group, which has claimed responsibility for the attack and has carried out several major attacks on Chinese interests in Pakistan, said it was the first suicide mission by a woman.

Its members have been fighting for decades to secure a larger share of the province’s natural energy resources, mainly focusing their attacks on gas projects, infrastructure and security forces.

But in recent years they have carried out attacks on Chinese infrastructure projects and workers.

The security of Chinese officials working on various infrastructure projects in Pakistan has long preoccupied Beijing, which has invested billions of dollars in recent years in that country.

Chinese-funded projects often cause great inconvenience in Pakistan, especially to Balochistan separatist organizations, which say the local population is of no benefit, with most jobs being returned to the Chinese.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemns the attack

The Chinese Foreign Ministry strongly condemned the attack and called on Pakistan to punish the perpetrators and prevent possible such incidents in the future.

A Pakistani interior ministry spokesman, who declined to be named, said the woman, who was a science professor from Balochistan, had enrolled in a second postgraduate program at Karachi University about five months ago.

Police and civilian and military intelligence services are conducting an investigation, according to the official.

The threat of suicide attacks by the group will be a major thorn in Pakistan’s side as it seeks to reassure China that it is doing all it can to protect its infrastructure and its citizens.