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Karachi: A man responsible for a 2006 suicide attack in Karachi that killed a US diplomat and three others was sentenced to death by a Pakistani anti-terrorism on Wednesday, a government lawyer said.
The blast occurred outside the US consulate on March 2, 2006, the day before US President George W. Bush was to visit Pakistan, and killed US diplomat David Foy and three other people, as well as the bomber.
Two suspects, who were believed to be Al Qaida militants, were arrested in an August 2006 raid in Karachi.
A court sentenced one of the suspects Anwar-ul-Haq to death but acquitted the other, Usman Ghani for lack of evidence, said state prosecutor Naimat Ali Randhawa.
"Anwar-ul-Haq has been sentenced to three counts of life imprisonment and four counts of the death penalty besides being fined 1.5 million rupees ($24,000)," Randhawa said, adding that Ghani received the benefit of the doubt and was acquitted.
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