2021 Gwadar bombing
{{Short description|A suicide attack on a convoy of Chinese crew}}
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{{Infobox event
| title = Gwadar suicide attack
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| location = Gwadar, Balochistan, Pakistan
| target = Chinese crew
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| date = 20 August 2021
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| timezone = UTC+05:00
| fatalities = 2
| injuries = 4
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{{Campaignbox Pakistan attacks}}
On 20 August 2021, a suicide attack on a convoy of Chinese workers on the Gwadar Expressway project, as a result two local children were killed and three were injured in southwestern Pakistan.{{Cite news|last=Yousafzai|first=Gul|date=2021-08-20|title=Two killed in suicide bombing targeting Chinese nationals in Pakistan|language=en|work=Reuters|url=https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/two-killed-suicide-bombing-targeting-chinese-nationals-southwest-pakistan-2021-08-20/|access-date=2021-12-24}}
The bombing
The Pakistan interior ministry said that the attack took place on an expressway under construction in the Nagori ward area, when three vehicles were taking Chinese citizens under military and police surveillance. As the convoy approached the fishermen's colony on the East Bay Expressway, a young boy came out and ran to hit the vehicles. The attacker blew themselves up 15 to 20 meters away from the convoy when plainclothes army personnel rushed and stop the attacker. The injured Chinese national was shifted to Gwadar Hospital where his condition was out of danger.{{Cite web|url=https://www.dawn.com/news/1641659|title=2 children killed in suicide attack on vehicle carrying Chinese nationals in Gwadar|date=20 August 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/8/20/at-least-two-killed-in-suicide-bombing-in-southwest-pakistan|title = At least two killed in suicide bombing in southwest Pakistan}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/urdu/pakistan-58287469|title=چین کا پاکستان سے گوادر حملے کی مکمل تحقیقات، قصورواروں کو سخت سزائیں دینے کا مطالبہ|newspaper=BBC News اردو}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thenews.com.pk/print/880897-gwadar-suicide-attack-two-children-killed-three-injured|title = Gwadar suicide attack: Two children killed, three injured}}
Claim of responsibility
See also
References
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Category:Anti-Chinese sentiment in Pakistan
Category:August 2021 in Pakistan
Category:Terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2021