In Pakistan, a mini -blown car was blown up by a Russian ambassador
It is reported that a bomb exploded with a remote management, resulting in one police officer, and three law enforcement officers were injured. The column of diplomatic machines, among others, included ambassadors of Indonesia, Portugal, Kazakhstan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Vietnam, Zimbabwe, Rwanda, Turkmenistan, Iran, Tajikistan, Russia.
The police district of Swat Western Khan said that diplomats visited the Swat valley area at the invitation of the local commerce chamber to present it as a potential tourist direction. The bomb exploded when the column was heading to the Mlam-Jabba ski resort. After the car of the delegation, which was the Russian Ambassador Albert Khorev, exploded on a mini, diplomats were sent back to Islamabad.
The Dawnnews Pakistani portal writes that none of the terrorist groups has taken responsibility for the attack. The attack has already been condemned by Pakistan Pakistan Ali Zareri, saying that "terrorist elements are enemies not only of countries and nations, but of all humanity. " Albert Khorev was appointed Ambassador of Russia to Pakistan by Presidential Decree on November 10, 2023.
Before that, he held the position of Deputy Director of the Second Department of Asia of the Russian Foreign Ministry. In 2020, he was awarded a diplomatic rank of extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the 2nd class. The Pakistani province of the Swat, where the incident occurred, is located in the north of the country, in the mountainous area. For the most part, lover, Gudzhars and Pushtuns live in the region. The latter make up the bulk of Afghanistan's population.
Pakistani counter -terrorist forces retain a strong presence in the Valley of Swat, which has long been the center of the Islamist insurgent movement. The militants intensified their attacks from the end of 2022 after violation of the truce with the government. In 2012, Islamist fighters in the Swat Valley were seriously injured by the Nobel Peace Prize of Malal Yusufzai. Recall that in May this year, Pakistan's armed forces conducted a FATAH-II test launch test with 400 km.