Ambassador-led Chinese delegation visits explosion site amid high-level probe

By Our Correspondent
July 16, 2021

MANSEHRA: A Chinese delegation on Thursday visited the Barseen area of Upper Kohistan where a high-level investigation is underway to determine whether the explosion inside a coach -- which was carrying the Chinese workers to the under-construction Dasu dam -- was a subversive act or a technical fault that caused the engine to explode. At least 13 people, including nine Chinese nationals, were killed and 14 others injured in the tragedy. A joint investigation team comprising experts from Pakistan Army, police, CTD, bomb disposal unit of KP found traces of explosives around the area where the coach had fallen into the gorge.

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