At least six people including five Chinese nationals were killed after their vehicle was attacked in Shangla’s Besham city, said Malakand’s deputy inspector general of police (DIG) on Tuesday.
Confirming the number of casualties, the DIG said that a suicide bomber crashed his vehicle full of explosives into the car in which the Chinese nationals were travelling.
He said that a Pakistani driver of the car was injured in the attack and was shifted to a local hospital.
Later, the driver succumbed to his wounds during treatment.
The Chinese nationals were engineers who were going to Dasu camp, Kohistan from Islamabad, the official added.
Meanwhile, a heavy contingent of security personnel arrived at the incident’s site and cordoned off the area. Security forces have launched a search operation in the area for the suspects.
