Special fund given for rehabilitation of KU’s Confucius Institute

Beijing: A special fund has been given by the Chinese International Education Foundation for rehabilitation of the Confucius Institute at the University of Karachi, in the wake of the terrorist attack on its shuttle bus killing three Chinese last week.

According to the Global Times, the fund of 500,000 yuan ($75,660) on April 30 will also be used to offer relief to the victims and their families.

Three Chinese teachers of the Confucius Institute and a Pakistani national were killed at the University of Karachi on Tuesday when their shuttle van was hit by a terrorist attack.

At least four people including three Chinese nationals had been killed in a blast at the Karachi University on April 26.

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Terror outfit Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) had claimed responsibility for the suicide attack targeting Chinese nationals. In a statement released to the media, it had said that the terror act was carried out by the group’s first female attacker, Shari Baloch.

On April 28, the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD) Sindh had arrested a suspect allegedly involved in facilitating the Karachi University suicide bomb blast incident.

The investigation sources had said the suspect had been identified as Beebgar Imdad and he was traced through his mobile phone data. The sources had said the suspect was being interrogated for more information.

On April 29, the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) had strongly condemned the “heinous and cowardly” terrorist attack in the Karachi University and called for bringing those responsible for it to justice.

The condemnation was expressed by 15-member Council’s president for April, Barbara Woodward of Britain.

The members of the Security Council had also expressed their deepest sympathy and condolences to families of victims and to governments of Pakistan and China and wished a speedy and full recovery for injured.