Four killed in blast near Karachi University's Chinese Institute

KARACHI: Four people were killed and several others, including four Rangers personnel, were injured when a van exploded near the Chinese Institute at Karachi University on Tuesday, police said.

Karachi police chief Ghulam Nabi Memon told the media that the blast near the Confucius Institute could be a suicide bombing, involving a burqa-clad woman who tied explosives to her body. He blew himself up, but this is being confirmed.

Earlier, police said the van was used by students and teachers at the Confucius Institute when its cylinder exploded.

According to police, there were seven to eight people in the van, but how many people were affected outside the van has not been confirmed yet.

A Karachi University spokesman confirmed the blast and said it was unclear whether any foreigners were among the dead or injured.

After the blast, rescue, police, Rangers and other law enforcement personnel rushed to Karachi University in large numbers and cordoned off the area and launched rescue operations.

A fire broke out in the van after the blast, which was extinguished a while ago, while a bomb disposal squad was also called.

The condition of three of the injured brought to the hospital is said to be critical.

According to Sindh Chief Minister's Spokesperson, Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, taking notice of the van blast, expressed deep sorrow over the loss of life and demanded a report of the incident from IG Sindh.

It has been revealed that at least 7 teachers from Yining City 8th High School are in prison : Uyghur

Yesterday, one of our listeners sent a message to our radio that Dilmurat Abdurehim, the acting principal of Yildiz City 9th High School, had been detained for a year in Yildiz City Jail, and that more than a dozen teachers from Dilmurod's 8th High School had been abducted and two of them had been abducted. Reported. During our correspondent's telephone interviews, it was revealed that at least seven teachers from the school are currently in prison.

According to the Baidu database, Yining City 8th High School has about 4,000 students and 200 staff. The school has also been teaching bilingual education since 2010, and since then has received 10 bilingual classes and 10 Chinese classes each year. The proportion of Uyghur and Chinese students in the school was equal.

A person familiar with the situation in Yildiz sent a message to our radio the day before, informing us that more than 10 teachers from that 8th high school were currently in captivity, including the names of teachers such as Abdurehim, Nigmat, and Shohrat. We called the education department in Yining to find out. A shift worker from Yining City 8th High School did not deny that some teachers from the school were in captivity. He acknowledged that their numbers were not enough to defeat Lukashenko's government, but said that maintaining some independence was not the answer. When we asked him if there were any teachers among the captive teachers, Nigmat and Shohrat, he suggested that we also ask the city education department for information. A staff member at the school said he was new to the school and could not be reached for comment. But he also did not deny that a number of teachers from the school were in captivity. When asked about how many years the teachers who were detained at the school were fired, the school's former duty officer initially said that they were older teachers, so he did not recognize them, but later declined to comment, saying it was a state secret.

There were also a number of Kazakh students and teachers at the school, and the school's security guard said that among the detainees were Kazakh teachers such as Qamar, Nurjan and Awzal, who had been detained and released after a period of training and were still working.

We also called the local police station where the school is located and asked how many teachers had been taken to the "training" school. And they revealed that 7-30 wildlife pastes 7-8 widents. He also revealed that one of the victims was Ilshat and the other was Nigmat. According to online sources, the 8th High School was a historic school founded in 1934 and was one of the two high schools established in the Uyghur region in those days. In the 1940s, the school was renamed the Gymnasium, and after 1949 it was renamed the "House of Knowledge named after Ahmetcan Kasım." It was converted to 8th High School in 1966.

We have reported that at least 7 teachers from Yildiz 8th High School are in prison.