"At least nine people have reportedly been killed in clashes outside the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, as angry crowds smashed windows, and law enforcement used batons and tear gas to disperse them, officials said. Some 25 individuals are said to have been injured, several of them critically. The clashes came in response to the announcement that Iran's supreme religious leader, Ali Khamenei, had been killed in US-Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic."
"The Reuters news agency cited Sukhdev Assardas Hemnani, a local government spokesman, as saying that US consulate security officials opened fire at the protesters. 'No one will be allowed to take the law into their hands,' said Sindh Province Interior Minister Ziaul Hassan Lanjar, according to Pakistani news outlet Dawn. Lanjar said action would be taken against those disturbing law and order."
"According to police in the Pakistani capital Islamabad, authorities have closed all access roads to the so-called Red Zone—a secured area that is home to foreign embassies and government headquarters—as a precaution. The US Embassy in Islamabad on Sunday put out a statement on X saying it continued to monitor reports of ongoing demonstrations in Karachi and Lahore, as well as calls for additional demonstrations at US Embassy Islamabad and Consulate General Peshawar."
Violent clashes erupted outside the US consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, resulting in at least nine deaths and approximately 25 injuries. Angry crowds smashed windows and clashed with law enforcement, who used batons and tear gas to disperse protesters. The violence was triggered by announcements that Iran's supreme religious leader Ali Khamenei had been killed in US-Israeli attacks. Local government officials reported that US consulate security personnel opened fire on protesters. Pakistani authorities closed access roads to secured diplomatic zones as a precaution. Similar protests occurred in other Pakistani cities including Lahore and Islamabad, as well as internationally in Iraq and other locations with significant Shiite Muslim populations.
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