KARACHI - The US consulate in the volatile Pakistani city of Karachi reopened on Friday after being closed for three days because of a security threat, an official said. The building, targeted by a deadly suicide bomb blast in 2002 that killed 12 people, had been closed since Tuesday after police received a telephone call warning that militants planned to attack the building. "The consulate is open today with all the staff at work," Greggory Crouch, press attache at the US embassy in Islamabad, told AFP. However security had been stepped up around the building, he added.
| Why would we "step up" security? Isn't it supposed to be at the max already? |
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