Pakistan is detaining a US official who shot and killed two would be armed robbers. The Pakistani government has so far not honored the diplomatic immunity the US says the official is covered by.
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The killings in Lahore on Thursday added to already strong anti-U.S. sentiment in Pakistan. Islamist and nationalist commentators have portrayed the incident as an example of American brutality and called on the government — often criticized for being to beholden to Washington — to punish the man.
The embassy said the man was acting in self-defense when he shot and killed two armed men as they approached his car. It said the men wanted to rob him, something police also have said. A third Pakistani died when he was allegedly hit by an American car that rushed to the scene to help the U.S. official.
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