(dpa) - A Pakistani court on Wednesday handed down multiple death sentences to an al-Qaeda-linked Islamic militant for his involvement in a 2006 suicide attack that killed a US diplomat in the southern port city of Karachi, officials said.
A suicide bomber rammed his explosives-laden car into a vehicle carrying US diplomat David Foy in March 2006, killing him and his Pakistani driver and security guard, just two days before President George W Bush was scheduled to visit the country.
Five months later, police arrested three suspects, including Anwar-ul-Haq, for their involvement in the attack. One man was released immediately afterwards, while a second suspect was acquitted by an anti-terrorism court on Wednesday.
The court, however, handed four death sentences to Haq for the murders.
"He was also given three life terms and a 1.5-million rupee (24,000 US dollars) fine by the court," said state attorney Naimat Ali Randhawa.
Pakistan has seen dozens of suicide attacks since 2001, when US-led military forces invaded Afghanistan to hunt al-Qaeda militants and oust the Taliban regime.
In 2002, a suicide car bomber killed 14 people outside the US Consulate in Karachi but did not harm any American personnel.