Islamic State militants claimed the killings on Friday. Pakistan’s interior minister says they had entered the country on business visas but later began ‘preaching’
China will investigate claims that two of its citizens were engaged in illegal preaching before they were killed by Islamic extremists in Pakistan, a government spokesman said on Wednesday. The two Chinese citizens were abducted at gunpoint on May 24 in the city of Quetta. Islamic State militants claimed the killings on Friday and sent local journalists a video purporting to show their bodies. Chinese officials have yet to directly confirm the deaths, Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang said in a statement. China’s government “will continue to make the greatest efforts to work with the Pakistani side on coming to a speedy clarification of the relevant issues”, he said. Pakistani officials identified the victims as Lee Zing Yang, 24, and Meng Li Si, 26. Pakistan Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said they had entered the country on business visas but later began “preaching”.
