Two suspected Pakistani militants behind 2021 attack on Chinese killed

11/10/2024 16:26

        Two militants involved in the 2021 attack that killed nine Chinese engineers were shot and killed in a shootout in a central Pakistani district on Friday, counter-terrorism officials said.
        
        They said the militants who had been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment were being moved out of a prison in Sahiwal district due to a threat when some men attacked the police van they were in.
        
        Two of the five militants in the van were killed in cross-fire between police and the attackers, it said.
        
        They two were masterminds of the attack that had killed a total of 13 people, including the nine Chinese engineers, near a hydropwer plant in Dadu in northern Pakistan in July 2021.
        
        Pakistan's main cities, especially Islamabad, are on a high alert ahead of the Shanghai Cooperation Conference which is scheduled to be held in the capital on Oct 15-16.
        
        Pakistan is seeking to curb all movements of Chinese nationals during the summit because of the risk that they could be attacked.