On April 21, local time, a car bomb exploded in the parking lot of a luxury hotel in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan province in southwestern Pakistan, killing 4 people and injuring 12 others.
According to the latest news from Reuters, The Guardian and other foreign media on the 22nd, Pakistan's Interior Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmad said that the Chinese ambassador to Pakistan was staying in this hotel that day. But at the time of the incident, he had already gone out to participate in activities.
Balochistan Police Chief Mohamed Rai told local media that the explosion occurred in the parking lot of the Quetta Serena Hotel, where an explosive device was installed on a car in the parking lot.
The police have cordoned off the explosion site and launched an investigation into the explosion.
A source from the Pakistani intelligence agency said that the explosion sounded loudly, several cars caught fire in the parking lot, and the glass of the Serena Hotel and some nearby buildings was shattered.
(Producing Li Jiali)
Editor in charge: [Ji Xiang]