KARACHI: Armed robbers killed a man and wounded another in a restaurant on Sharea Faisal on Friday, police said.

Tipu Sultan SHO Imtiaz Husain said that two armed muggers riding a motorbike arrived at a restaurant — Qadri Biryani Centre — located in multi-storey Anam Plaza building on Sharea Faisal, held the people sitting there at gunpoint and demanded their cell phones and cash.

He said that some people tried to resist and the robbers started firing, killing restaurant manager Azeem Umer, 52, and wounding shop owner Fazal Mohammed Qadri, 50.

The SHO said that the robbers were fleeing on their motorbike and the area people chased them and managed to overpower the pillion rider after he fell from the bike.

He said an angry mob gathered there and attempted to lynch the robber, but the police arrived there and took him into custody. The held suspect was identified as Irfan, a resident of Dalmia, he added.

The body and the wounded were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

Two men shot by robbers

A 50-year-old man, identified as Mohammed Saeed Baig, was shot at and wounded by armed robbers on Hub River Road.

In Korangi Industrial Area, police said that Zohaib Sagheer, 26, was shot at and wounded by robbers when he put up resistance to their snatching bid at a fuel station near Korangi Crossing. He was shifted to the JPMC for treatment.

Published in Dawn, May 13th, 2023