Two Chinese engineers were killed in an attack by Baloch rebels. (Photo for representation)

At least two Chinese engineers were killed and many injured in a claymore blast in the Windar Kinraag area of Hub district in Balochistan on Tuesday.

Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) claimed responsibility for the attack on the Chinese engineers who were working on the Dudher Zinc Project.

The BLA has been fighting against Pakistan's occupation of Balochistan and does not view Chinese projects on Baloch soil favourably.

'WE HAD WARNED CHINA'

In a series of tweets by BLA's spokesperson Jeehand Baloch said that "we have continuously warned China to refrain from being part of any expansionist designs".

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The spokesperson then tweeted about the attack by the Baloch Sarmachars (freedom fighters). "BLA has attacked Chinese engineers in Windar Kinraag area of Balochistan. This attack killed and injured many Chinese engineers," he tweeted.

Later, speaking to mediapersons from an undisclosed location, Baloch said "the Baloch resistance will not allow the China-Pakistan nexus to loot Baloch resources in Balochistan??.

'STOP PARTNERSHIP-IN-LOOT'

People of Balochistan reportedly call the mining project a farce. In his statement, the BLA spokesperson urged China to relinquish its partnership-in-loot with Pakistan as soon as possible and not become an accomplice of the Pakistani state in its barbarity against Baloch.

He further said Pakistan is trying to use Baloch soil as a bunker post for its ill designs on trench warfare to destabilize the South and Central Asia, calling Afghanistan its worst victim.

"China is conning the international community with the exploitative project of China Pakistan Economic Corridor on the Baloch soil," he said. "The world knows about China's intentions behind such a grandiose project," Baloch added.

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