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Death toll from nationwide violent protests tops 25

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KARACHI:

The death toll from violent weekend protests over the killing of Iran’s supreme leader in US-Israeli strikes has reached at least 25, according to an AFP tally on Monday.

The demonstrations against the death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei erupted in several cities including Karachi, where hundreds of protesters attempted to storm American diplomatic buildings and clashed with police, an AFP journalist saw.

At least 10 people died and over 70 were injured in those rallies, according to the office of the Karachi police surgeon. AFP saw a hospital toll that said nine of the deaths were due to gunshot wounds.

In Gilgit-Baltistan region, at least 13 people were killed in clashes between protesters and police, officials said.

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