KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead by a citizen in Sher Shah on Wednesday evening. Police said that two robbers tried to snatch cash and other valuables from a citizen on Street-No-8 on Jinnah Road. However, the citizen pulled out his pistol and opened fire on them. During an exchange of firing, one unknown suspect was killed and another, later identified as Sabir, suffered bullet wounds.

A passer-by, Ghulam Hasnain, 22, also got injured, but his condition was stated to be out of danger.

Published in Dawn, September 8th, 2022

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