Bangladeshis safe in Kunming: Ministry

No Bangladeshi is among those injured and dead in the mass knife-attack at a railway station of Yunnan’s provincial capital Kunming, China on Sunday night. At least 33 people were killed and at least 140 wounded in the knife-attack, triggering speculations whether Xinjiang separatists were responsible for it. “No Bangladesh national has been affected. Our consulate general’s office in Kunming is on alert about it,” Shameem Ahsan, Director General of the External Publicity Wing at the Foreign Ministry told UNB over phone on Sunday. The Foreign Affairs Office of Yunnan already tightened security for the seven foreign Consulates General in Kunming, including Bangladesh, said a Foreign Ministry media note. All the nationals of Bangladesh residing in Yunnan have been advised by the Foreign Affairs Office to stay at their places of residence until further notice. Accordingly, Bangladesh Consulate General also advised its nationals — businessmen, visitors and students to remain at home, dormitory or hotel and keep in continuous and close touch with the Mission, it said. The Consulate General of Bangladesh in Kunming contacted the Foreign Affairs Office of China in Kunming and expressed heartfelt condolences on this heinous attack.