Two killed

Published July 16, 2002

SUKKUR, July 15: A landlord and a bandit were killed in an exchange of fire between the villagers and the bandits in Saleh Mohammad Chachar village in the jurisdiction of the Machko police station on Monday.

The bandits attacked the village and tried to barge into the house of landlord Abdullah Arain. The bandits opened fire when the landlord offered resistance, killing him on the spot.

Later, the villagers chased the bandits and in the exchange of fire, one bandits was killed.— BoC

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