Suspect shot dead in Orangi ‘encounter’

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KARACHI: A suspected robber was shot dead in an alleged encounter in Orangi Town on Saturday.

The Pakistan Bazaar police said that the encounter took place between police and armed muggers at Ghousia Chowk in Sector 16 where, after an exchange of firing, Naseer Khan, 35, was killed while Asif alias Bhora, 32, arrested in an injured condition.

Their third accomplice managed to escape from the spot.

The police recovered two .30 bore pistols with loaded magazine and one motorbike from their custody. The dead and injured were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital.

Published in Dawn, September 11th, 2022

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