KARACHI: A suspected robber was lynched by an angry mob in Korangi area on Saturday night, according to police.

Zaman Town Station House Officer (SHO) Rao Aurangzeb told Dawn that three suspects had attempted to rob citizens near Mutkay Wali Pull in Korangi No. 2.

People got hold of one suspect while his two suspected accomplices managed to escape, the official said. The mob beat him up, killing him on the spot, he said.

“The suspect was killed with sticks and other weapons. His identity could not be ascertained immediately, as no CNIC [card] was found in his pocket,” he said.

The SHO said that the suspect’s body was moved to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for legal formalities.

Last year in May, a suspected robber was lynched by an angry mob, which also set the body on fire, after he shot and wounded two brothers during a robbery in New Karachi.

According to police, two suspects had attempted to loot a general store in Sector-11-G. Two shopkeepers, Mohammed Faisal and Mohammed Faizan, who were also brothers, put up resistance but the robbers opened fire and wounded them.

As the suspects attempted to flee, people in the area captured one of them and subjected him to a severe beating with hard and blunt objects, leading to his death on the spot. The police said that some charged youth also torched the body.