9 Chinese engineers among 13 killed in attack on bus in northwest Pakistan

The incident took place in Dasu area of Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.

Nine Chinese engineers were among 13 people killed on Wednesday when a bus carrying construction workers in northwest Pakistan's mountainous region was attacked, prompting Beijing to ask Islamabad to thoroughly investigate the incident and severely punish the perpetrators. The incident took place in the Dasu area of the Upper Kohistan district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province where Chinese engineers and construction workers are helping Pakistan build a dam which is part of the USD 60 billion China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC), officials said.