Gunmen on a motorbike shot and killed a Saudi diplomat as he was driving in Pakistan\u2019s largest city on Monday, just days after two hand grenades were tossed at the Arab state\u2019s consulate building, police in Karachi said.
\nThe police believe the primary motive was sectarian tension between Islam\u2019s Sunni and Shiite branches. But the attack also follows the killing of Saudi-born Osama bin Laden in an American raid on May 2.
\nAl-Qaida is a fierce opponent of the Saudi regime and has sworn revenge for the death of bin Laden. But no one immediately claimed responsibility for the diplomat\u2019s slaying.
\nA spokesman for the Pakistani Taliban, the country\u2019s most high profile militant group, called The Associated Press to say it did not kill the diplomat.
\nThe spokesman, Ahsanullah Ahsan, added: \u201cAlthough we believe Saudi Arabia is an even bigger slave to America than Pakistan, we are not involved in today\u2019s killing.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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