CNN, ‘violent protests in Pakistan after Nasrallah’s death’

(ANSA) – ROME, SEPTEMBER 29 – Violent clashes occurred in the evening in Karachi, Pakistan’s largest city, at the demonstration called in memory of the Hezbollah leader, Hassan Nasrallah, killed in an Israeli raid in Beirut. Police dispersed protesters marching towards the city’s US consulate. He reports it to CNN, specifying that in a video on social media you can see the police throwing tear gas and firing some warning shots, while the demonstrators throw stones and try to cross the barriers blocking access to the US consulate. United States. The protests were organized by the Majlis Wahdat-e-Muslimeen, a Pakistani Shiite Islamic political organisation, which said the nationwide protests were “peaceful”. The Karachi police, for their part, claimed that the demonstrators had attempted to trespass their designated protest site and had resorted to “stone-throwing”. Another demonstration also took place in the capital Islamabad, where around 4,000 people gathered to protest against Nasrallah’s assassination. Pakistan’s Foreign Ministry released a statement condemning Nasrallah’s killing as a “reckless act” and a “serious escalation in an already unstable region.” (HANDLE).