An Afghan diplomat was shot and killed by his security guard inside the consulate in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Monday, officials said. The guard, identified only as an Afghan national named Rahatullah, was taken into custody, said Pakistani police official Azad Khan. Rahatullah was the slain diplomat's personal bodyguard, and it wasn't clear whether the Afghan Consulate had hired him officially, said Khan, the police official. Pakistan's Foreign Office said police intervened immediately after the shooting, which took place in the lobby of the consulate. It said Pakistan's Foreign Secretary Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry spoke by phone with the Afghan ambassador to offer condolences and assistance in the investigation.

Source: ABC News February 06, 2017 09:07 UTC