Two Chinese Nationals Killed In Laos Bombing

laos-MMAP-mdKABUL: (MEP) A bomb attack has killed two Chinese citizens and wounded another in neighboring Laos, China’s official Xinhua news agency said.

The incident took place on Sunday morning as the trio was traveling in a vehicle in the remote mountainous province of Xaysomboun. Xinhua said one of the victims is an employee of a Chinese mining company.

“Laos military personnel rushed to the scene and the injured, surnamed Zhou, has been shifted to a hospital in the capital, Vientiane, for treatment,” Xinhua said. Chinese embassy officials visited the injured person and demanded a prompt investigation into the “suspected bomb attack,” Xinhua reported.

Beijing has become a major diplomatic and economic investor in Laos in recent years, pouring huge sums of money in Laos’ abundant natural resources sector. Xinhua said a special envoy of President Xi Jinping is scheduled to visit this week.

The incident comes as US Secretary of State John Kerry is in Laos in a rare visit by a US official.

 

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