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Pakistani police investigate killing of Cosco executive in Karachi
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AN executive of ocean carrier China Cosco Shipping was shot and killed in Karachi, Pakistan. Chen Zhu, general manager of Cosco Shipping Lines in Pakistan, was slain in what local authorities are calling a "targeted attack."
Mr Chen was the local managing director of Cosco Shipping Lines, which has operated in Pakistan since the 1990s. He was shot in the head as he sat in the driver's seat of a parked car in an upscale area of Karachi, police said.
A second Chinese man, a Cosco trainee who occupied the passenger seat, was unhurt.
The assailant approached the front of the vehicle and opened fire - nine empty shells were recovered from the scene - police said. Pakistani officials said the Chinese men hadn't taken their assigned police personnel with them, which is against security protocol. A Pakistani bystander was also injured.
Counter-terrorism police are investigating the killing, an attack that comes as Beijing is investing more than US$55 billion in an infrastructure-building programme in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Azad Khan, a senior police officer, said the shooting appeared to be targeted, but it was too early to place a motive.
Pakistan is a showcase for China's $1 trillion "one belt, one road" transport-and-logistics infrastructure building programme across Asia and beyond. Cosco plans to use the Pakistani port of Gwadar as a transshipment port in the Asia-Europe trade route with its peer China Overseas Port Holding Co, pumping more than $1 billion in transshipment terminals and floating gas facilities when the port is developed, Chinese maritime executives said.
"Chen Zhu was part of a select group of promising executives tasked to develop Cosco's growing shipping and logistics business in Pakistan. This is terrible news," a senior Cosco executive said.
In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said China condemns the killing. He said the Pakistani government has recently enhanced security measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens.
In December, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad issued a warning to its citizens about terrorist attacks. Last year, two Chinese teachers were kidnapped from the western city of Quetta and later killed, an attack claimed by Islamic State.
Mr Chen was the local managing director of Cosco Shipping Lines, which has operated in Pakistan since the 1990s. He was shot in the head as he sat in the driver's seat of a parked car in an upscale area of Karachi, police said.
A second Chinese man, a Cosco trainee who occupied the passenger seat, was unhurt.
The assailant approached the front of the vehicle and opened fire - nine empty shells were recovered from the scene - police said. Pakistani officials said the Chinese men hadn't taken their assigned police personnel with them, which is against security protocol. A Pakistani bystander was also injured.
Counter-terrorism police are investigating the killing, an attack that comes as Beijing is investing more than US$55 billion in an infrastructure-building programme in the country, The Wall Street Journal reported.
Azad Khan, a senior police officer, said the shooting appeared to be targeted, but it was too early to place a motive.
Pakistan is a showcase for China's $1 trillion "one belt, one road" transport-and-logistics infrastructure building programme across Asia and beyond. Cosco plans to use the Pakistani port of Gwadar as a transshipment port in the Asia-Europe trade route with its peer China Overseas Port Holding Co, pumping more than $1 billion in transshipment terminals and floating gas facilities when the port is developed, Chinese maritime executives said.
"Chen Zhu was part of a select group of promising executives tasked to develop Cosco's growing shipping and logistics business in Pakistan. This is terrible news," a senior Cosco executive said.
In Beijing, a foreign ministry spokesman, Geng Shuang, said China condemns the killing. He said the Pakistani government has recently enhanced security measures to ensure the safety of Chinese citizens.
In December, the Chinese Embassy in Islamabad issued a warning to its citizens about terrorist attacks. Last year, two Chinese teachers were kidnapped from the western city of Quetta and later killed, an attack claimed by Islamic State.