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Car bomb kills 4 at Pakistan hotel hosting China’s ambassador
South China Morning Post ^ | 22 Apr, 2021

Posted on 04/21/2021 5:42:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin

A car bomb blast ripped through a luxury hotel’s parking area in the southwestern Pakistani city of Quetta on Wednesday, killing four people and wounding 11, officials said.

China’s ambassador to Pakistan was staying at the hotel, but was not there when the bomb exploded, said Pakistan’s interior Minister, Sheikh Rashid Ahmad.

An official at a local civil hospital, Waseem Baig, said four people had died, and “several others are in critical condition”.

The Pakistan Taliban claimed the bombing.

Ambassador Nong Rong had earlier in the day met provincial Chief Minister Jam Kamal in the city, according to a tweet from the provincial government spokesman, Liaquat Shahwani.

The hotel is next to the Iranian consulate and the provincial governor’s house. Quetta is the capital of southwestern Balochistan province which has long been the scene of a low-level insurgency by local nationalists.

(Excerpt) Read more at scmp.com ...


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: ambassador; bomb; china; hotel; pakistan

1 posted on 04/21/2021 5:42:56 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Is it Ramadan already?


2 posted on 04/21/2021 5:47:38 PM PDT by EvilCapitalist (I voted for prosperity, and I got poverty.)
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To: BenLurkin

Pakistan has luxury hotels? Who knew?


3 posted on 04/21/2021 5:48:01 PM PDT by ought-six (Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
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To: EvilCapitalist

Yes, until May 12th.

Expect more “celebrating.”


4 posted on 04/21/2021 5:55:32 PM PDT by miserare ( Respect for life--life of all kinds-- is the first principle of civilization.~~A. Schweitzer.)
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To: BenLurkin

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5 posted on 04/21/2021 6:02:38 PM PDT by sauropod (Chance favors the prepared mind.)
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To: EvilCapitalist

Since the West is in withering demise, all that will be left to compete is the CCP and radical izlam. If I had to choose one philosophy over the other it would not be the u peaceful religion.


6 posted on 04/21/2021 6:08:36 PM PDT by inchworm (al )
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To: BenLurkin

A lot of Pakistanis absolutely hate the Communist Chinese, as the Communist Chinese treat Pakistanis as slave labor in their own country.

See Balochistan and the port project of Gwadar. Chinese owned, run and controlled. Built by Pakistani slave labor overseen by the Chinese.

In this case, I wholeheartedly will cheer on the Islamists.


7 posted on 04/21/2021 7:29:35 PM PDT by Starcitizen (So Indian H1B crybaby trash runs Free Republic moderation??? Seems so. )
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