AT LEAST NINE KILLED AS PROTESTERS STORM U.S. CONSULATE IN PAKISTAN OVER IRAN’S SUPREME LEADER’S DEATH.(PHOTO).
At least nine killed as protesters storm U.S. consulate in Pakistan over Iran’s supreme leader’s death At least nine people were killed and around two dozen more wounded Sunday after hundreds of protesters clashed with police and paramilitary forces while storming the U.S. Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, officials said. The violence followed hours after the United States and Israel carried out an attack on Iran that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Authorities reported that some of the wounded were in critical condition. Police surgeon Summaiya Syed Tariq confirmed that six bodies and multiple injured individuals were initially brought to the city’s main government hospital, with the death toll rising to nine after three critically wounded individuals died. Senior police official Irfan Baloch said protesters briefly breached the consulate’s perimeter but were dispersed before causing major damage to the building. He confirmed that a nearby police ...
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