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(23 Nov 2018) Pakistan's Minister of Information and Broadcasting said that armed separatists who stormed the Chinese Consulate in Pakistan's southern port city of Karachi on Friday wanted to "create a big loss."
The attack triggered an intense hour-long shootout during which two Pakistani civilians, two police officers and all three assailants were killed, Pakistani officials said.
The killed Pakistani civilians were a father and a son had come to the consulate to pick up their visas to China, police said.
The brazen assault, claimed by a militant group from the southwestern province of Baluchistan, reflected the separatists' attempt to strike at the heart of Pakistan's close ties with major ally China.
All the Chinese diplomats and staff at the consulate were safe and were not harmed during the attack or the shootout a senior police official said.
They were evacuated from the area shortly after and taken to a safe place.

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