KARACHI: Four wounded

Published December 8, 2008

KARACHI, Dec 7: Armed bandits injured four people in separate incidents here on Sunday.

A group of armed robbers tried to loot people at the cattle market on the Super Highway.

Habibullah, 35, and Imran, 22, got wounded when they offered resistance to dacoits.

The injured were taken to Jinnah hospital. Muggers injured 19-year-old Jahanzeb in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, block 11, on his resistance to a robbery bid. He was rushed to Jinnah hospital.

In another incident, dacoits riding a motorcycle tried to loot 18-year-old Farukh in FC Area, Liaquatbad, and shot him on resistance.

He was shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.—PPI

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