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Factbox-Who are the Pakistan separatists behind attack on Chinese citizens?

A security guard walks after a blast near a passenger van (not pictured) at the entrance of the Confucius Institute University of Karachi, Pakistan April 26, 2022. REUTERS/Akhtar Soomro

The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA), which claimed a deadly attack on Chinese citizens in Karachi on Tuesday, is the most prominent of a number of separatist groups operating against the Pakistani state in the southwestern province of Balochistan.

BLA's stated aim is complete independence for Balochistan, Pakistan's largest province by territory but the smallest in terms of population given its arid mountainous terrain.

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