Islamabad (IP) - Five Chinese citizens who work in 'Dasu Dam' were killed on Tuesday when a suicide bomber targeted their vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province northwest Pakistan.

Iran PressAsia: The suicide bomber rammed an explosives-laden vehicle into a convoy of engineers, according to the locals.

Local police said that the attack was done in Shangla, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The police further informed Iran Press that the five killed were construction workers and engineers heading to the Dasu Dam, the biggest hydropower project in Pakistan, where they worked.

The authorities said the bodies were transported to a nearby hospital, and that security forces started a massive search in the area to look for accomplices.

The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province borders Afghanistan. The Pakistani Taliban have stepped up attacks there in recent years.

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