KARACHI: Two suspected robbers were killed by an armed citizen in Gulshan-i-Iqbal on Tuesday evening, police rescue services said.
An Edhi Foundation spokesperson said that the suspects were gunned down in Block-10 near the Chase Value store.
Gulshan SP Muhammad Kamran told Dawn that the suspects tried to loot a citizen who put up resistance, pulled out his pistol and shot both of them.
He said that one suspect died on the spot while his accomplice was pronounced dead at a hospital. One of the suspects was identified as Mohammed Aijaz, 32.
The bodies were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for a post-mortem examination.
He said that snatched cell phones were recovered from their custody. He said that one of the deceased had past criminal record.
Published in Dawn, February 22th, 2023
