Three Chinese engineers killed in Pakistani blast

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AP , KARACHI, PAKISTAN
Tuesday, May 04, 2004,Page 5

A car packed with explosives went off near a bus that was carrying Chinese engineers to a port project in remote southwestern Pakistan yesterday, killing three of them and injuring 11 other people, police and hospital officials said.

The attack occurred just after 9am as the bus was taking at least 12 Chinese to the Gawadar port, about 500km west of Karachi, near the border with Iran, said Sattar Lasi, the chief of police in Gawadar.

"A car was parked near the port and it exploded as the bus reached the port," Lasi said.

"This is clearly terrorism. The aim was to terrorize the Chinese working at the Gawadar port," said Lal Jan, a police deputy superintendent in Gawadar.

http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2004/05/04/2003154073

So the Commis are aiding Pakistan?

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1. Remote Southwestern Pakistan

Wonder if there was just more than a port activity there?

[section321]

2. Karachi is a major port for Pakistan...

I don't know whether its remote, but its a bustling port. Here are some stats from the port web site.


Port Operations
Updated on Friday, 30 April 2004
DURING 24 HRS. ENDING 0700 HRS. ON 30/04/2004
CARGO HANDLING
CARGO TYPES Import Export Total
Containers (TEUs) 1,844 2,322 4,166
Containers (TONs) 30,441 20,351 50,792
TP Cont. (TEUs) - - -
General Cargo 142 491 633
Sub. Total Gen. Cargo 30,583 20,842 51,425
Bulk Cargo 2,564 - 2,564
Total Dry Cargo 33,147 20,842 53,989
Liquid Cargo 50,120 14,000 64,120
GRAND TOTAL 83,267 34,842 118,109
SHIPPING POSITION
Type of Ship Arrival Sailing
Containers 3 4
General Cargo - -
Fertilizer - -
Rock Phosphate 1 -
Iron Scrap - -
Rice - -
Chrome Ore - -
Oil Tanker - 2
TOTAL 4 6



Container Handling:
Type of Handling Loaded Containers Empty Containers Total
Teus
20' 40' Over
40' 20' 40' Over
40'
Import 672 561 0 0 25 0 1,844
Export 686 382 0 350 261 0 2,322
Total 1,358 943 0 350 286 0 4,166