Warning: this article contains GRAPHIC footage.
In response to the U.S.-Israeli strikes that took out Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, a mob of pro-Iranian rioters attempted to storm the U.S. Consulate in Pakistan.
Security forces were forced to open fire on the armed Islamic militants after they breached multiple levels of security in the attack.
In total, at least 22 of the rioters were killed with over 120 additional injuries.
Here’s some footage from the scene:
NEW: More than 20 rioters have died in Pakistan after they tried storming the US Consulate, according to the Washington Post.
At least 22 people were killed and about 120 people were wounded.
“Authorities say at least 22 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes… pic.twitter.com/wIHSVfRWMC
— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) March 1, 2026
NEW: More than 20 rioters have died in Pakistan after they tried storming the US Consulate, according to the Washington Post.
At least 22 people were killed and about 120 people were wounded.
“Authorities say at least 22 people were killed and more than 120 wounded in clashes with police on Sunday after protesters tried to storm the U.S.
Consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi and U.N. offices in the north of the country,” the WaPo reported.
Watch the moment security forces opened fire on the violent mob here (WARNING: GRAPHIC!):
Karachi, Pakistan (March 1) — Mobs of armed violent Shia Muslims launched an organized attack on the U.S. consulate as revenge for Iran’s supreme leader being killed.
Violent riots have been taking place elsewhere in Pakistan, where mob violence is part of the culture. pic.twitter.com/oIgN9FTqty
— Andy Ngo (@MrAndyNgo) March 1, 2026
The U.S. Embassy in Pakistan’s capital released this statement:
We are monitoring reports of ongoing demonstrations at the U.S. Consulates General in Karachi and Lahore, as well as calls for additional demonstrations at U.S. Embassy Islamabad and Consulate General Peshawar. We advise U.S. citizens in Pakistan to monitor local news and…
— U.S. Embassy Islamabad (@usembislamabad) March 1, 2026
We are monitoring reports of ongoing demonstrations at the U.S. Consulates General in Karachi and Lahore, as well as calls for additional demonstrations at U.S. Embassy Islamabad and Consulate General Peshawar. We advise U.S. citizens in Pakistan to monitor local news and observe good personal security practices, including being aware of your surroundings, avoiding large crowds, and ensuring your STEP registration is up to date.
The media is largely referring to the armed attackers as “protestors,” glossing over the fact that they are Shiite Muslims raging against the United States for taking out the Ayatollah.
Fox News confirmed:
The unrest followed reports that Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in a joint U.S.-Israeli strike, sparking anger among Shiite Muslims in Pakistan.
Witnesses told The Associated Press that many of the protesters were Shiite Muslims who expressed outrage over Khamenei’s reported death and alleged U.S. involvement. Protesters chanted anti-American and anti-Israel slogans, and attempted to breach the consulate’s perimeter.
In other areas of Pakistan, pro-Iranian militants also attacked other government and U.N. offices.
AP has more:
Violent clashes between protesters and security forces in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi and in the country’s north left at least 22 people dead and more than 120 others injured as demonstrators supportive of the Iranian government attempted to storm a U.S. Consulate on Sunday, authorities said.
In the north of the country, demonstrators attacked U.N. and government offices.
The violence came after the United States and Israel attacked Iran, killing its Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Police and officials at a hospital in Karachi said that at least 50 people were also wounded in the clashes and some of them were in critical condition.
President Asif Ali Zardari expressed his “profound sorrow over the martyrdom” of Khamenei and conveyed his condolences to Iran, according to his office. He said: “Pakistan stands with the Iranian nation in this moment of grief and shares in their loss.”
Summaiya Syed Tariq, a police surgeon at the city’s main government hospital, confirmed six bodies and multiple injured people were brought to the facility. However, she said the death toll rose to 10 after four critically wounded people died.
In addition, 12 people were killed and over 80 wounded in clashes with police in the northern Gilgit-Baltistan region when thousands of protesters angered by U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran attacked the offices of the U.N. Military Observer Group and the U.N. Development Programme (UNDP), local police official Asghar Ali said.
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