White House condemns car-ramming incident at Chinese consulate in San Francisco

Unnamed driver who crashed car into consulate building was shot by police and later died in hospital

The White House has denounced the violent incident at the Chinese consulate in San Francisco that began with a car crashing into the building and ended with police shooting the driver, who later died at a hospital.

We condemn this incident and all violence perpetrated against foreign diplomatic staff working in the United States," Adrienne Watson, White House National Security Council spokeswoman, to the Associated Press.