Who Is Shari Baloch, The Female Suicide Bomber, That Blew Herself Up At Karachi University?
If you’ve read the news recently, you’d know about the explosion that took place at Karachi University in Pakistan. For those unversed, on Tuesday, April 26, a female suicide bomber by the name of Shari Baloch blew herself up near Confucius Institute – a Chinese language teaching center at Karachi University. The bomb explosion killed four people out of which three were Chinese nationals and many others were injured.
Separatist Baloch Liberation Army claimed responsibility for the #KarachiBlast that killed 3 Chinese and 1 Pakistani citizen.
The victims are identified as Huang Guiping, director of Confucius Institute, Ding Mupeng, Chen Sa and their driver Khalid.#Pakistan #BLA— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) April 26, 2022
So, who is the female suicide bomber?
The female suicide bomber is a woman by the name of Shari Baloch. She was married to Habitan Bashir Baloch, a dentist, and was a mother of two kids (8 and 5 years old). She also had a Master’s degree in Zoology and MPhil in education. Unlike her father who was a government servant, Shari was a teacher at a school.
So who was #ShariBaloch, the 1st #Baloch woman to carry out a suicide attack?#BLA says The 30 year old joined the group 2 years ago & volunteered herself for “self sacrificing mission”. She had a Masters degree in Zoology & MPhil in education while teaching at a school. pic.twitter.com/nO2usqpyhh
— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) April 26, 2022
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The 30-year-old woman was the first Baloch woman to carry out a suicide attack in Karachi, Pakistan. After the incident, the female suicide bomber’s husband tweeted from an unknown location expressing how proud he is of what she has done.
https://twitter.com/HabitanB/status/1519041873691791362?s=20&t=uXSXtUFHjMngI1srqjoYpQ
How did Shari Baloch become a suicide bomber?
It seems as though the female suicide bomber joined the BLA in the year 2020 and volunteered herself for a “self-sacrificing mission”. She previously had no connection with any extremist or terrorist groups. In the footage shared by an Afghan journalist, Bashir Ahmad Gwakh, a woman wearing a burqa can be seen blowing herself up as the van passes through the road.
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Trigger warning: suicide bombing.
CCTV footage of the suicide bomber who detonates explosives when the Chinese Institute vehicles arrived. Police confirms the killing of 3 Chinese and 1 Pakistani in this #BLA attack.
BLA has significantly up their attacks in #Pakistan in recent times.#KarachiUniversity https://t.co/BbNxoeXZJ1 pic.twitter.com/MDkYGZpbbL— Bashir Ahmad Gwakh (@bashirgwakh) April 26, 2022
Meanwhile, due to the bomb explosion inside the premises of Karachi University, they had decided to remain suspended until Wednesday.
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