No Chinese fatality in Pakistan bombing

Foreign Ministry spokesman Guo Jiakun said on Friday that no Chinese national was involved in a roadside bombing in southwestern Pakistan earlier the day.

"The Chinese side has taken note of related media reports. We expressed strong condemnation to the attack. According to my knowledge, no Chinese citizen was involved in the incident so far," Guo said at a regular news briefing in Beijing.

According to media reports, a roadside bomb struck a vehicle carrying coal miners in southwestern Pakistan on Friday.