Two killed in explosion near Karachi airport targeting Chinese nationals

Baloch Liberation Army claims it carried out the vehicle-borne attack in the southern Pakistani city

An explosion near the international airport of the southern Pakistani city of Karachi has killed two Chinese nationals and injured several others, officials from both countries said.

Police and the provincial government said a tanker exploded outside the airport, which is Pakistan’s biggest, on Sunday night. The nature of the blast was not immediately clear, the local broadcaster Geo News cited a provincial official as saying. Continue reading...