Four Chinese engineers wounded at a car bomb explosion in
Pakistan early Monday returned to China Friday morning.
Upon arrival, the four were immediately sent to Beijing Union
Medical College Hospital for further medical treatment.
Zhao Yupei, vice president of the hospital, said the four were
in relatively stable condition so that the Chinese medical team who
arrived in Pakistan Thursday afternoon decided to transfer them
back home for treatment.
Currently, there were still five injured Chinese engineers
staying in Pakistan, of whom three almost recovered and two were in
unstable condition after operation, Zhao said.
The two need to receive further medical treatment in Pakistan
and they will be transferred back to China when their condition get
improved, Zhao said.
Chinese Vice-Minister of Communications Feng Zhenglin greeted
the returned engineers at the airport.
Three Chinese engineers were killed and nine others were wounded
earlier Monday when an unoccupied car exploded near their bus in
Gwadar, about 500 km west of Karachi. The 12 Chinese were sent by
the China Harbor Engineering Company (Group) for a deep water port
project in Gwadar.
(Xinhua News Agency May 7, 2004)