Pakistanis protesting Hezbollah leader

30/9/2024 6:04

        Stone-throwing protesters
        in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi clashed on Sunday with
        police who stopped them from reaching the U.S. consulate during
        demonstrations over Israel's killing of Hezbollah leader Sayyed
        Hassan Nasrallah.
        
        Protesters chanted “Death to America,” while carrying
        posters of Nasrallah.
        
        Police said seven officers were injured and receiving
        treatment in hospital from stones thrown by protesters.
        
        "Police had to resort to baton charging and tear gas against
        those who breached the cordons in a bid to disperse the crowd,"
        said Police Deputy Inspector General Asad Raza, adding that
        protesters had tried to reach areas beyond cordons agreed upon
        with organisers in advance.
        
        He said police would register criminal cases against
        protesters who acted violently.
        
        Pro-Iran Shi'ite religious political party Majlis
        Wahadatul Muslimeen had organised the rally of around 3,000
        people in the country's most populous city.
        
        Following the death of Nasrallah - killed in an airstrike in
        Beirut on Friday - Hezbollah fired new fusillades of rockets
        into Israel, while Iran said his death would be avenged.