They may have overestimated their ability to convince people he left the consulate. They may have tried to detain and abduct him. Maybe they even needed some va

They may have overestimated their ability to convince people he left the consulate. They may have tried to detain and abduct him. Maybe they even needed some valuable information from him and he died under torture. There are a lot of possible explanations beyond simply "they lured him to the consolate to kill him". Most of these explanations aren't a whole lot better than that, but these would explain why this all looks so chaotic or amateurish.