BEIJING: Beijing’s foreign ministry reported Tuesday that an incident along the Tajikistan-Afghan border had killed one Chinese national and injured four more.
“On November 18 Beijing time, the camp of a private Chinese enterprise in the border area between Tajikistan and Afghanistan was attacked (located on the Tajikistan side), resulting in the death of one Chinese citizen and injuries to four others,” according to an AFP statement.
“China strongly condemns the violent attack, expresses deep mourning over the victims, and expresses sincere condolences to the injured and the families of the victims,” stated the statement.
China’s embassy in Dushanbe sent a “working group” to the scene of the incident to “coordinate the handling of the situation and express sympathy to the injured.”
