news worldnews asia pakistan 8516220 ----- # Osama bin Laden dead: Saudi Arabian diplomat shot dead in revenge attack ## A Saudi Arabian diplomat was shot dead in Karachi on Monday, in the second attack on the country's interests in Pakistan since the death of Osama bin Laden. ![Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani: Osama bin Laden dead: Saudi Arabian diplomat shot dead in revenge attack ][1] Image 1 of 2 Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani condemned the attack and expressed his condolences ![Osama bin Laden dead: Saudi Arabian diplomat shot dead in revenge attack][2] Image 1 of 2 Al-Qaeda is violently opposed to the Saudi government and has vowed revenge for the killing of its leader, Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, by US special forces in Pakistan Photo: AP [![Rob Crilly][3]][4] By [Rob Crilly][5], Islamabad 3:24PM BST 16 May 2011 [Follow Rob Crilly on Twitter][6] The [**Pakistan**][7] Taliban, which is linked to al-Qaeda, immediately claimed responsibility in telephone calls to media organisations. "Until America stops chasing al-Qaeda and stops drone strikes we will keep carrying out such attacks," said a spokesman, referring to attacks on militants in the north-west of Pakistan. Police in Karachi said the man - named by the [**Saudi**][8] embassy as Hasan Khatani - worked in the consulate's security department and was driving a vehicle with diplomatic plates when two motorcycle riders unleashed a hail of gunfire at a crossroads in the city's upmarket Defence neighbourhood. Iqbal Mahmood, Chief of Police in the city, said gunmen fired four bullets and fled on their motorcycle, killing him on the spot. "They came on a motorbike, they fired four shots. One bullet hit his head and he died on the spot," he told reporters. ## Related Articles * [Taliban visited bin Laden hideout][9] 14 May 2011 * [Britain 'a target for bin Laden terror attacks'][10] 14 May 2011 * [Osama bin Laden dead: Arab world's future is democracy, says his widow's brother][11] 15 May 2011 * [Pakistan drops intelligence sharing with West][12] 14 May 2011 Yusuf Raza Gilani, Pakistan's prime minister, condemned the attack and expressed his condolences. He met John Kerry, the chairman of the US Senate's Foreign Relations Committee, yesterday. Mr Kerry was in Pakistan to try to patch up relations between the two countries which have nosedived since Navy Seals shot dead bin Laden. Mr Kerry, the first US politician to visit since bin Laden was killed, said Pakistan would return the tail of the helicopter which crashed during the raid and announced that Hillary Clinton, US secretary of state, would visit Pakistan in the near future after a long day of difficult talks. He also warned Pakistan there was growing pressure to end a $1.5bn (£920 million) annual aid package. "I expressed as clearly as possible the grave concerns in the United States over Osama Bin Laden's presence in Pakistan and the existence here of sanctuaries for our adversaries in Afghanistan," he said. The Pakistani Taliban, blamed for some of the worst acts of violence in the country, last Friday took responsibility for a double suicide bombing that killed 89 people outside a police training centre as their first revenge for bin Laden. However, no one has yet claimed an attack on the Saudi consulate in Karachi last Wednesday, when two men threw grenades at the building. No one was hurt. Al-Qaeda is violently opposed to the Saudi government and has vowed revenge for the killing of its leader, Saudi-born Osama bin Laden, by US special forces in Pakistan. With so many questions still unanswered about the global terror mastermind's death, Pakistan is awash with conspiracy theories. Some people believe Saudi Arabia, jittery with the fall of governments across the Middle East, may have given up the world's most wanted man to ensure militants could not capitalise on the Arab Spring. [X][13] Share & bookmark Delicious Facebook Google Messenger Reddit Twitter Digg Fark LinkedIn Google Buzz StumbleUpon Y! 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