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Insurgents Ambush Chinese Engineers' Convoy in Pakistan

A Pakistan Navy soldier stands guard while a loaded Chinese ship prepares to depart, at Gwadar port, about 700 kilometers (435 miles) west of Karachi, Nov. 13, 2016. [AP Photo]

Authorities in southwestern Pakistan said Sunday that insurgents attacked a convoy carrying Chinese engineers to the China-run Arabian Sea Gwadar port, but the foreigners were not harmed.

The ambush began with assailants detonating a roadside bomb before opening fire on several "bulletproof" vehicles reportedly transporting 23 Chinese citizens from the airport to the deep-water strategic Pakistani port.

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