Protests have erupted near the US Consulate in Karachi on the Mai Kolachi Road.

Protests follow the assassination of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in coordinated US-Israeli airstrikes on Tehran.

According to a statement by the Edhi Rescue service, law enforcement personnel resorted to teargas shelling and baton-charging to control the situation, resulting in “injuries to several” people.

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