The United States on Monday again called for the release of Raymond Davis, who was arrested after killing two Pakistani motorcyclists in broad daylight in Lahore, saying that he acted in legitimate self-defence.
"What we hear about him and his immunity is through the press only. Since he is involved in a grave crime, this issue has to be decided by the court," Khawaja Haris, the advocate general of Punjab -- the chief law officer in the province where Davis shot the motorcyclists told the court.
But Washington is adamant that Davis is being held unlawfully and supports his version of events that he was confronted by two armed men on motorcycles.
Davis "had every reason to believe that the armed men meant him bodily harm. And minutes earlier, the two men, who had criminal records, had robbed money and valuables at gunpoint from a Pakistani citizen," said US State Department spokesman Philip Crowley.
"He cannot be lawfully arrested or detained in accordance with the Vienna Convention."
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