Eight killed in pro-Iran protest at U.S. consulate in Pakistan

At least eight people were killed during pro-Iran protests at the United States consulate in the Pakistan megacity of Karachi on Sunday (March 1, 2026), a rescue service spokesman told AFP.

“We have moved at least eight dead bodies to Karachi’s civil hospitals, while 20 others were injured in the consulate incident,” said Muhammad Amin, a spokesman for the Edhi Foundation rescue service, adding most had bullet wounds.

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Hundreds of pro-Iranian protesters had tried to storm the consulate following the U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran.

Earlier in the day, hundreds of people stormed the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan’s port city of Karachi, smashing windows after the U.S. and Israeli attacked Iran and killed the country’s supreme leader, police said.

Police and paramilitary forces used batons and fired tear gas to disperse the crowd, said Mohammad Jawad, a police official. At least one protester was killed and several others were wounded in clashes between protesters and security forces, he said.

The attack on the consulate came hours after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in a major attack carried out by Israel and the United States.

Videos on social media showed youngsters smashing the windows of the main building of the consulate as the American flag could be seen flying over the compound, whose perimeter is topped with barbed wire.

“We need to remain united. No power can stop us,” a young protester could be heard saying.

“We are setting the American consulate in Karachi on fire. God willing, we are avenging the killing of our leader,” another protester said as he filmed others trying to start a blaze.

Thousands of people are also taking to the streets in the eastern city of Lahore and in northern Skardu, with a demonstration expected in the afternoon near the diplomatic enclave housing the U.S. embassy in Islamabad.