An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday in the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in what was described as a personal dispute, Pakistani officials said. The consulate's third secretary was killed by a private guard, who had been arrested, police official Saqib Ismail told Reuters.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Reuters. </s> KARACHI: An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday in the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, a police official said.

The consulate's third secretary was killed by a private guard, who has been arrested, said police official Saqib Ismail.

"The motive behind the killing is not clear yet," Ismail said, adding that the gunman was also an Afghan national. </s> KARACHI, Feb 6 (Reuters) - An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday in the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi, a police official said.

The consulate's third secretary was killed by a private guard, who has been arrested, said police official Saqib Ismail.

"The motive behind the killing is not clear yet," Ismail said, adding that the gunman was also an Afghan national. (Reporting by Syed Raza Hassan; Writing by Kay Johnson; Editing by Clarence Fernandez) </s> An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday by a guard at the Afghan consulate in Pakistan's southern city of Karachi in a personal dispute, officials said. A policeman walks past a police vehicle parked to cordon a street leading to the Afghan consulate in Karachi, after an Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday in the consulate, Pakistan February 6, 2017.

Start the conversation, or Read more at Channelnewsasia.com. </s> KARACHI (Reuters) - An Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday by a guard at the Afghan consulate in Pakistan’s southern city of Karachi in a personal dispute, officials said.

The consulate’s third secretary was killed by the consulate guard, also an Afghan national, who had been arrested, police official Saqib Ismail told Reuters.

“The guard used his automatic weapon, firing multiple bullets,” Ismail said.

Afghanistan’s foreign ministry issued a statement identifying the murdered diplomat as Muhammad Zaki Abdu.

“Police authorities immediately intervened to minimize further loss of life,” read the statement.

Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Omar Zakhilwal described the shooting on his official Facebook account.

“Firing inside Afg Consulate General in Karachi at around 12:30 pm today ... has been carried out by an Afghan guard inside the compound resulting in fatality of one of our diplomats,” he wrote.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Azad Khan told Reuters: “So far, from what we have gathered from investigation, the killing seems to be the result of some sort of personal grudge between the guard and third secretary. We have found there was a history of tensions between the two persons.” </s> A policeman walks past a police vehicle parked to cordon a street leading to the Afghan consulate in Karachi, after an Afghan diplomat was shot dead on Monday in the consulate, Pakistan February 6, 2017.

Karachi: An Afghan diplomat was shot dead by the security guard inside the premises of the Consulate General of Afghanistan in Karachi on Monday.

According to police official, Zaki Adu, the third secretary at the Consulate was shot by the consulate guard Hayatullah, who is also an Afghan national.

Police and Rangers have cordoned off the area of Old Clifton which houses foreign missions in Karachi. Police said that guard, Hayatullah, opened fire on at Zaki in the lobby of the consulate after a personal disagreement on some issue which is still unknown.

Deputy Inspector General (DIG) South Karachi, Azad Khan said that the situation is under control. He told a local television channel that the incident did not appear to be an act of terrorism.

"We are collecting evidence and will obtain CCTV footage in order to investigate the incident," he said. </s> KARACHI: The Third Secretary of the Afghan Consulate in the city was gunned down by a private security guard in the premises of the Afghan Consulate in the Old Clifton area here on Monday. The secretary, Muhammad Zaki Abduh, was shot dead in the area adjoining the Boat Basin Police Station.

Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Saqib Ismail Memon of District South said: “While acting on the information, the police mobiles rushed to the spot and took the victim to a hospital where he was pronounced dead. Later, the police also took custody of the security guard Rahatullah.”

During the investigation, it was found that the deceased Muhammad Zaki Abduh was the third secretary of the Afghan Consulate, who was working here for the past few years. It was on Monday morning, when Zaki had a dispute with the security guard Rahat who pointed his G-3 rifle at Zaki and opened random fire, which killed the diplomat.

SSP Memon said that the deceased had received multiple bullet wounds on his upper torso, including chest, which became the cause of his death. The police had seized the murder weapon and also collected the spent bullet shells from the scene of the crime, which were sent to forensic division of the Sindh Police.

He added that the security guard Rahatullah was an Afghan national but did not possess diplomatic status and had come to Pakistan on normal visa. The SSP added that Rahatullah was hired by the Afghan Consulate for security duty. He mentioned that further screening of the accused was being carried out to ascertain the exact motive behind the murder. On the other hand, the SSP said that the murder might have been committed on enmity grounds. He said a case was reported and investigations were underway.

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Two police officers are also dead.

Senior police official Ameer Ahmad Sheikh said all the Chinese diplomats and staff at the consulate were safe and were not harmed during the assault or the shootout on Friday.

The Baluch Liberation Army, a separatist group based in the south-western province of Baluchistan, claimed responsibility for the attack and released photos of the three attackers. </s> Kabul: At least 19 people were killed and 41 wounded on Tuesday in asuicide blast at Afghanistan’s Supreme Court in Kabul sources said.

A suicide bomber on foot detonated as employees were boarding a bus to go home in the parking lot of the court compound, located on the road leading from the international airport to the US embassy, interior ministry spokesman Najibullah Danish said.

On February 6, an Afghan diplomat was killed allegedly by a security guard who opened fire inside the Afghanistan Consulate in Karachi.
An Afghan diplomat is shot dead at the Afghan consulate in Karachi, Pakistan.