KARACHI: Bandits shoot man to death

Published September 22, 2002

KARACHI, Sept 21: Bandits shot a man to death in Nusrat Bhutto Colony on Saturday.

Two men entered the house of Azizur Rahman Abbasi, aged 45, and demanded cash at gunpoint. Aziz put up resistance to them and forced them out of the house. Aziz chased one of the bandits. The bandit shot him in the face and escaped. Aziz died on the spot.

People rushed Aziz to a hospital and informed police of the incident. Doctors at the hospital pronounced Aziz dead on arrival.

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