HYDERABAD: Two injured by bandits

Published January 17, 2002

HYDERABAD, Jan 16: Two persons suffered bullet injuries when some unidentified armed bandits attacked them in the jurisdictions of the Husri police stations the other day.

Five persons were riding in a car when the armed bandits signalled them to stop near Bahawal Zaunr. The driver accelerated the speed to flee but the gangsters opened fire injuring Khair Mohammad and Yaqoob.

ATTACKED: Five people came under attack in the limits of the Tando Allahyar police station.

The secretary, union council Chambar-I, Mohammad Khan Rind, and four others were on their way to Chambar when some armed persons tried to stop their car.

As driver speeded up the car, the bandits opened fire on it smashing its windowpanes.

The occupants however remained unhurt.—Correspon-dent

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