IED event in Sindh, Karachi area, Pakistan on Tue 26th April 2022

At least five persons including three Chinese nationals, their Pakistani driver and a security guard, were killed when a women suicide bomber blew herself up near a van transporting Chinese nationals from Karachi University (KU) hostel to Confucius institute in Karachi, the provincial capital of Sindh, on April 26, reports The Balochistan Post. A KU spokesperson confirmed that three of the deceased were Chinese nationals. They were identified as Confucius Institute Director Huang Guiping, Ding Mupeng, Chen Sa. Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed the responsibility of the attack on twitter. The outfit also released the image and name of the attacker. The female suicide bomber, Shaari Baloch alias Bramsh, belongs to BLA’s Majeed Brigade, a suicide bomber squad. She was the first Baloch woman suicide bomber was all of 30 and mother of two children. She had done M.Sc. in Zoology and had M. Phil degree. Her husband was a doctor and she himself a teacher by profession. She joined Majeed Brigade two years ago.