一名美国外交官开枪打死他说在拉合尔市攻击他的两名巴基斯坦人。根据巴基斯坦警方官员的说法,这一事件中还有第三名巴基斯坦人丧生。当时,他被赶去帮助这名外交官的美国领事馆的车撞倒。

警方说,这名美国外交官当时停在一个交通灯前,骑在一辆摩托车上的两名男子向他乘坐的汽车开枪。根据警方的说法,这名外交官开枪还击,并对跟在他身后的一个美国保安小组发出警告。两名袭击者后来死在医院里。被美国领事馆的车撞倒的第三个人也在被送入医院后死亡。

拉合尔市警方说,这名美国外交官被带到警察部门。对这一事件的调查正在进行。美国驻巴基斯坦大使馆目前没有发表任何评论。

A U.S. diplomat has shot and killed two Pakistanis who he says attacked him in the city of Lahore. According to Pakistani police officials, a third Pakistani was killed in the incident when he was struck by a U.S. consulate vehicle that had rushed to the aid of the U.S. diplomat. 

Police say the U.S. diplomat was at a traffic signal when two men on a motorcycle fired shots at his vehicle. According to the police the U.S. diplomat returned fire and alerted a separate U.S. security team traveling behind him. Both attackers later died in a hospital. The third individual who was struck by a consular vehicle also died after being taken to a hospital. 

Lahore police say the U.S. diplomat was taken to a police facility and an investigation is under way. There was no immediate comment from the U.S. embassy in Pakistan.