Balochistan Liberation Army,a separatist militant organisation claimed responsibility for the attack.
“BLA carried out a ‘self-sacrificing’ attack against a convoy of Chinese engineers,” the group said in a statement.
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China is involved in the development of the Gwadar port on the Arabian Sea as part of a $US60 billion ($84 billion) China-Pakistan Economic Corridor,which is itself part of China’s Belt and Road infrastructure project.
The Pakistan Interior Ministry said the bomber was a young boy who ran out of a nearby fishermen colony. The blast happened about 15-20 metres from the convoy.
“As a result a Chinese national was injured,he was rushed to nearby Gwadar hospital where he is stable”,the ministry said in a statement.