2024 Shangla bombing

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 has taken 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 in the past 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]

Aftab Khan Sherpao, Central Chairman of Qaumi Watan Party, expressed concern in a tweet, saing that the attack was "proof of the rising tide of terrorism."^[10]

On 29 March, Chinese investigators arrived in Pakistan to join a probe into the attack.^[11]

On 1 April, Pakistani police said that they had arrested 12 people in connection with the attack.^[12]

On 23 May, the Economic Coordination Committee of the Cabinet decided to pay USD 2.58 million to the families of Chinese workers that died in the attack.^[13]

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