At least six people were injured Sunday night after a huge blast near the Jinnah International Airport in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi, police said.
A police officer told Xinhua that the blast took place near a crossroad leading to the airport, adding that the nature of the blast is not known yet.
At least six people with serious burn injuries have been taken to a hospital, said the police officer.
Following the blast, fire engulfed several vehicles and nearby trees, local media reported.
An official from the Pakistan Civil Aviation Authority said that the blast site is not on the premises of Jinnah International Airport.
Police, security forces and rescue teams have reached the site and are taking part in the rescue operation.
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Two Chinese nationals were killed in an explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi last night, the Chinese embassy in Pakistan said, in what it described as a "terrorist attack".
ReplyDeleteIn a statement emailed to journalists, separatist militant group Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the explosion was an attack carried out by them using a vehicle-borne improvised explosive device targeting Chinese nationals, including engineers.