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Deployed at US consulate in Karachi; used lethal force against protesters
Pakistan has the second-largest Shia Muslim population on earth, roughly 30 million people. When joint United States-Israeli airstrikes killed Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on February 28, the grief and fury of that community spilled into the streets of every major Pakistani city within hours. In Karachi, hundreds of protesters tried to breach the perimeter of the US consulate; security forces opened fire, killing at least nine people and wounding more than 50. In the northern Shia-majority region of Gilgit-Baltistan, crowds torched a United Nations office, a police station, and several government buildings in Skardu, prompting the army's deployment under emergency constitutional authority.
Updated Mar 1
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