AL MASRY AL YOUM: Gunmen on motorcycles attacked a car belonging to the Saudi Arabian consulate in the Pakistani city of Karachi on Monday killing a Saudi diplomat, police and the Saudi ambassador said.
The shooting occurred days after unidentified attackers threw two hand grenades at the Saudi consulate in the city, Pakistan's commercial hub. No one was hurt in that attack.
"We condemn this attack. No one who carries out this kind of attack can be a Muslim," the ambassador, Abdul Aziz al-Ghadeer, told Reuters. He did not give details on the rank of the diplomat who was killed.
It's too early to determine who was behind the attack, the ambassador said, but he suggested "terrorists," a reference to Muslim militant groups such as Al-Qaeda, carried it out.
Pakistan and Saudi Arabia have long been close allies. » | Reuters | Monday, May 16, 2011
