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At least 10 pro-Iranian protesters were killed in clashes with police as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Pakistan’s main port city of Karachi on Sunday.
Security forces opened fire at the consulate, resulting in the deaths of 10 protesters, with 34 injured, said Sukhdew Assardas Hamnani, a spokesman for the Sindh government. “The police reached the site and took the situation into control,” he said.
Faisal Edhi, who runs Edhi Foundation, a rescue service, said several of those injured were in a serious condition and the death toll could rise further.
Police opened fire on the protesters who were attempting to break into the US consulate in Karachi, Edhi said.


Local media reported that hundreds of people had gathered at the building on Sunday morning to condemn the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in coordinated attacks by the US and Israel.
Protests also erupted in Pakistan’s mountainous region of Gilgit Baltistan, which has a large Shiite population, the common faith in Iran. There were unconfirmed reports on social media that some offices of the United Nations in Gilgit Baltistan were attacked.
Ghulam Abbas, caretaker minister of information in the region, said by phone there were protests in some districts and reports of some offices being damaged, although he could not confirm if they were UN buildings.
In the capital Islamabad, traffic police closed the main roads leading to the US embassy and local authorities invoked rules prohibiting large gatherings in public.

Even so, protesters tried to march towards the embassy on Sunday, with police using tear gas to push them back, according to Islamabad police spokesman Sharifullah Khan.
The US embassy in Islamabad said it was monitoring reports of protests in Karachi and Lahore, warning citizens to take precautions.
Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif on Sunday condemned the attacks on Iran and said, “Pakistan has supported Iran through every possible diplomatic and moral means.”
“If we turn protests within our country into violence or take the law into our own hands, it will benefit the enemy’s schemes,” he said in a social media post. “It is the responsibility of all of us to keep our emotions in check, ensure protests remain peaceful and avoid any unrest or damage within the country.”

Pakistan’s prime minister Shehbaz Sharif offered his condolences to the people of Iran on Khamenei’s death.
“Pakistan also expresses concern over violation of the norms of international law,” he said in a social media post. “It is an age-old convention that the heads of state/government should not be targeted.”
Pakistan’s Shiite Muslims make up 10 to 15 per cent of the population – a large minority in the Sunni-dominated country. Pakistan is home to the third largest Shiite community after Iran and Iraq.
A 2015 survey by Pew Research Centre showed that Pakistan was the only country where a majority of respondents – 57 per cent – viewed Iran favourably.
In 2020, the killing of Iranian General Qassem Soleimani in a US strike in Baghdad sparked large protests in Karachi and Islamabad.
In neighbouring India, protesters also gathered in the main city of Jammu and Kashmir, the country’s only Muslim-majority region, to condemn the killing of Khamenei.

Omar Abdullah, chief minister of the region, called for calm and said police should “exercise utmost restraint and refrain from using force or restrictive measures”.
Opposition groups have criticised Prime Minister Narendra Modi for his Israel trip last week, saying it gave tacit approval for the air strikes in Iran.
The main Indian National Congress said on Saturday that Modi’s two-day visit to Israel was ill-timed and gave the perception of “partisan alignment and tacit endorsement” of Israel’s coordinated strikes with the US on Iran.
Congress party spokesman Jairam Ramesh said Sunday that the Modi government’s response was a “betrayal of India’s values, principles, concerns and interests,” while another Congress leader, Priyanka Gandhi, called the assassination of Khamenei “despicable”.


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Security forces opened fire on protesters as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Pakistan’s main port city


Security forces opened fire on protesters as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Pakistan’s main port city.


10 killed in Karachi as pro-Iran protests erupt across Pakistan, India

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Security forces opened fire on protesters as they tried to storm the gates of the US consulate in Pakistan’s main port city