At least nine Chinese nationals were killed in Pakistan on Wednesday when their bus fell into a ravine after an explosion, officials said. Two Pakistani paramilitary soldiers and one Pakistani laborer were also killed, local officials said, and 41 others were wounded. At least some of the Chinese passengers were engineers working at a hydroelectric project in Dasu, an area in the country’s rural northwest.

The exact cause of the explosion was not immediately clear. In a statement, Pakistan’s foreign affairs ministry said the bus had fallen into the ravine “after a mechanical failure resulting in leakage of gas that caused a blast.” It said an investigation was underway.

China’s embassy and a spokesman for the Ministry of Foreign Affairs initially described the explosion as a bomb attack but later modified their statements to leave open the possibility of an accident. The embassy’s statement called for a thorough investigation and warned Chinese citizens in Pakistan to be vigilant and to go outside only if necessary.

The Dasu Hydropower Project is part of China’s Belt and Road Initiative, a global effort to invest in infrastructure that is even greater in scope than the Marshall Plan, the United States’ program to rebuild Europe after World War II. One Chinese company involved in the project, China Gezhouba Group, could not be reached for comment.

A spokesman for another one, China Gansu International Corporation for Economic and Technical Cooperation, said that he had no details about what happened in Dasu. Pakistan has a complex relationship with China, which has pumped billions of dollars into the country’s infrastructure projects. In April, a suicide bomber struck the parking lot of a luxury hotel in southwestern Pakistan, killing at least four people. A Chinese delegation that included the country’s ambassador to Pakistan had been staying at the hotel but were not there at the time of the attack.

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. Pakistan vs China" war coming soon
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Allah Akubaaaar........boooooom

Too bad..
R.i.p to them.

Religion of 'piss' at it again

Should everyone pretend to say it's an accident?

Why all these strenge News all over the world

Something sinister is happening,

God help us all

Disaster everywhere

May God protect His people from seen and unseen dangers

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. Pakistan vs China" war coming soon
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Nigeria will surely support her sister so them no go fit pay debt

Nawa....Rip to the departed souls

This is what they get for sponsoring the Taliban

Problems everywhere,so sad..may God heal d world

They are helping China to control their population just like ISWAP is doing in the north

R.I.P to the dead

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With Pakistan..
Anything is possible..
Boko Haram and Co dey learn work,for their Islamic Fundamentalists hands..

Islamabad worldwide

Too much death and bad news everywere.our hope for protection is in GOD.

God Help Us

Buhari your hand of support is needed.

They came after the Chinese

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