KARACHI: Two bandits shot dead a milkman when he resisted a mugging attempt at his shop before one of them was chased after, overpowered and lynched by people in Korangi on Tuesday, officials said.

They said two bandits on a motorcycle came at a milk shop in Zaman Town and one of them went inside the shop and held 27-year-old Yasir Qadeer at gunpoint. However, Yasir put up resistance upon which he was wounded and he died later in hospital, said DSP Raja Mushtaq. The sound of gunshots attracted the people’s attention who chased fleeing bandits and overpowered one of them. They tortured him and he died before the police intervened, the police added.

Published in Dawn, October 1st, 2014