Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Two Grenades Thrown at Saudi Consulate in Karachi

THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: Drive-by attackers lobbed two grenades at the Saudi consulate in Pakistan's largest city of Karachi on Wednesday, in the first possible violent reaction to the US killing of Osama bin Laden.

Officials reported no damage and no casualties after two men on a motorcycle threw the explosives at the heavily fortified building in Clifton, the smartest neighbourhood of Karachi, nine days after bin Laden was killed in Pakistan.

"This was an attack on the Saudi consulate. Two motorcycle riders threw two grenades and fled," provincial government official Sharfuddin Memon told AFP.

"There were no casualties. We are seeing this incident in the present context. It could be a reaction of the Osama incident," he added. » | Wednesday, May 11, 2011