Angry protests over anti-Islam film spread to Pakistan

Hundreds of Pakistanis protesting an anti-Islam video broke through a barricade near the US consulate in the southern city of Karachi yesterday, sparking clashes with police in which one demonstrator was killed and more than a dozen injured.

The film, which denigrates Islam’s Prophet Mohammed, has sparked violent protests throughout the Muslim world in recent days, including one in Libya in which the US ambassador was killed.

Police fired tear gas and water cannon at the protesters in Karachi after they broke through the barricade and reached the outer wall of the US consulate, officer Mohammed Ranjha said.