KARACHI: Three cars, 13 bikes hijacked

Published December 15, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 14: Sixteen vehicles — three cars and 13 motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday, police said.

One car was hijacked. To others were stolen.

Four motorcycles were hijacked. Nine others were stolen. The motorcycles were hijacked/stolen in Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Saddar, New Karachi, Gulberg and other Towns.

ROAD ACCIDENT: An unidentified pedestrian was run over by a vehicle on Super Highway on Saturday.

Police said that an unidentified man was run over by a speeding van while walking across the road. He died on the spot.

The body was sent to Ab-basi Shaheed Hospital for post-mortem. After autopsy the bo-dy has been kept in the Edhi’s morgue for identification.

Police impounded the van (P-0484) and arrested its driver, Ahmed.

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