US diplomat kills two Pakistanis in Lahore

[Platapus]

The issue of immunity should be pretty clear.

Diplomatic agents have it
Technical staff at the embassy have it
Support staff at the embassy don't

Consulars don't have it for felony type crimes
Technical staff at the consulate don't have it for felony type crimes
Support staff at the consulate don't have it at all.

This guys status should already be established before he entered the country. Strange that specifics about his credentials are not being released.

Strange that specifics about his credentials are not being released.

Indeed, both governments would have all the paperwork as would the embassy/consular office, any one of which could instantly resolve all questions about status....yet nothing at all has been put up which suggests that there is nothing, after all you wouldn't leave a person in custody if you could instantly get them released would you.

[Jimbuna]

Perhaps he is a.....SPY!!

[TLAM Strike]

Time has picked up the story...
http://www.time.com/time/world/artic...047149,00.html

The interesting parts...

For Washington, the matter is simple: Davis, officals say, acted in self-defense when threatened by the two armed men trailing him. His diplomatic passport entitles him to full immunity from criminal prosecution under the Vienna Convention.

Pakistan's military, for reasons that are only now becoming apparent. Davis, they say, was no ordinary diplomat. They cite the skill with which he eliminated his pursuers as suggesting a familiarity with arms not common in the diplomatic corps. His fluency in Urdu and Pashto are also remarkable considering that he first arrived in Pakistan as recently as October 2009.

Looks like this guy may have been a spook with official cover...

Equally misleading, say Pakistani officials, is the claim in Pakistani media that Davis' victims had been "ordinary men", or even as "robbers," as the State Department has suggested. "They were from the ISI," says a government official, referring to Pakistan's military intelligence agency

That's just great. Got to love the ISI...

[Gerald]

A Pakistani police chief has said a US citizen in custody over the deaths of two men in Lahore last month was guilty of "cold-blooded murder".

Lahore city police chief Aslam Tareen told a news conference that one of the men was killed while running away.

He spoke after Raymond Davis was remanded for another 14 days following an appearance in a Lahore court.

Mr Davis, 36, has admitted he shot the men, but says he acted in self-defence because they were trying to rob him.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-12427518


Note: Update Record,11 February 2011 Last updated at 10:03 GMT