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At least 12 people were reportedly killed and several injured on Sunday (March 1) after clashes broke out between police and protesters outside the US Consulate in Karachi, Pakistan, following the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei in the US-Israel strike on Iran.

A large number of demonstrators were gathered around the consulate, prompting local police to use tear gas and fire warning shots to disperse the crowd, police said.

Edhi Information confirmed that six people have been killed and several injured near Mai Kolachi Road during the firing and unrest. They were transferred to the Civil Hospital Trauma Centre, the Express Tribune reported.

Sindh Minister for Interior Ziaul Hasan Langar has requested immediate details from the Additional IG Karachi, stressing that, "No one will be allowed to take the law into their own hands." He called for enhanced security at sensitive installations. He added that alternative routes should be determined to maintain traffic flow during the protests.

Iran vows fierce revenge

Iran’s Revolutionary Guards on Sunday (March 1) vowed to avenge the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, whose death was confirmed by state television hours after US President Donald Trump announced that the 86-year-old cleric, whom he called “one of the most evil people in History”, had been killed.

In a post on Telegram, the Guards warned that “the most ferocious offensive operation in the history of the Islamic Republic of Iran's armed forces” would begin imminently, targeting what they described as the “occupied territories and American terrorist bases” in the region.

Those bases are situated in Gulf countries that are already grappling with the fallout from an unprecedented wave of deadly Iranian strikes. “The hand of revenge of the Iranian nation will not release the murderers of the Imam of the Ummah from a severe, decisive and regrettable punishment,” the Guards added.

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Khamenei’s daughter, son-in-law, and granddaughter have also been killed in strikes by the US and Israel. "After establishing contact with informed sources in the Supreme Leader's household, the news of the martyrdom of the daughter, son-in-law and granddaughter of the Revolutionary Leader has unfortunately been confirmed," Fars news agency and other Iranian media reported.

Earlier, Trump said on Saturday (February 28) that a major attack launched by Israel and the United States killed Khamenei, announcing an assassination that he said gave Iranians their “greatest chance” to “take back" their country but that also put the future of the Islamic Republic in doubt and raised the risk of regional instability.

“Khamenei, one of the most evil people in History, is dead,” Trump wrote in a social media post. He warned of “heavy and pinpoint bombing” that he said would continue throughout the week and even beyond, part of a lethal assault the US has justified as necessary to disable the country's nuclear capabilities.

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The killing of Khamenei in the second Trump administration assault on Iran in eight months appeared certain to create a leadership vacuum given the absence of a known successor and because the 86-year-old supreme leader had final say on all major policies during his decades in power. He led Iran's clerical establishment and its paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, the two main centres of power in the governing theocracy.

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