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13, including nine Chinese, died in KP bus plunge

Daily Times July 15, 2021 At least 13 people were killed in Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday, including nine Chinese nationals, after a bus fell into a ravine, local government and police officials said. In a statement issued after the incident, the Foreign Office said the bus “plunged into a ravine after a mechanical failure resulting in leakage of gas that caused a blast”. The FO also put the death toll at 12, including 9 Chinese nationals, up from earlier reports of 10 deaths. Meanwhile, the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA), in a statement, termed the incident an ‘accident’. A WAPDA spokesman confirmed that employees of a Chinese company were travelling in the bus, adding that rescue efforts were under way at the site of the incident and the injured were being shifted to a hospital. He added the site had been cordoned off by police and Rangers.

Pakistan bus blast kills 13, including 9 Chinese

Pakistan bus blast kills 13, including 9 Chinese July 15 2021 12:21 AM RELATED STORIES Rescue workers and onlookers gather around a wreck after a bus plunged into a ravine following an explosion in Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province yesterday. (AFP) Text Size: Reuters/ Peshawar /Beijing A blast on a bus killed 13 people in north Pakistan yesterday, including nine Chinese nationals in what Beijing said was a bomb attack but Islamabad called a vehicle failure. Two Pakistani soldiers were also among the dead after the explosion sent the bus over a ravine, local government and police sources told Reuters. Chinese engineers and Pakistani construction workers have for several years been working on hydroelectric projects as part of Beijing’s Belt and Road Initiative in the western province of Khyber-Paktunkhwa, where the blast occurred.

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