Watch: 9 dead after protesters storm US consulate in Pakistan over Iran strike

Demonstrators in Karachi, Pakistan, reportedly left at least 9 dead when they tried to storm the U.S. consulate there.

Authorities told the Associated Press that the violence was in response to President Donald Trump's decision to order strikes on Iran that were said to have killed the country's supreme leader.

Police surgeon Summaiya Syed Tariq confirmed to AP that initially six dead bodies were being held at the main government hospital. She later said that nine people had died.

"Witnesses said that dozens of Shiite protesters remained gathered about a kilometer (half-mile) from the consulate, urging others to join them," AP reported. "They said one of the protesters had tried to burn a window of the consulate, before security forces arrived there and dispersed the demonstrators."