KARACHI: Two suspected robbers were shot dead by a citizen while resisting a snatching bid near Five Star traffic intersection in North Nazim­a­bad on Friday, police said.

According to SSP-Central Maroof Usman, two suspects attempted to loot a motorist in Block-D near Hamza Hospital. The unknown car driver opened fire on them and sped away. The bullets hit the two suspects, later identified as Mohammed Bilal, 22, and Shahzeb, 23, and they were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

North Nazimabad SHO Amjad Kiani said that both of them died at the hospital during treatment.

The police claimed to have recovered two pistols and three mobile phones from them.

The SHO claimed that one of the recovered cell phones was snatched from a citizen within the remit of the Shahrah-i-Noor Jehan police station.

Published in Dawn, May 6th, 2023

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