KARACHI: 3 robberies committed

Published December 24, 2002

KARACHI, Dec 23: Three robberies were committed in the city on Monday, police said.

Bandits robbed a shopkeeper of cash in Federal B Area. Police said that Fareed was sitting in his shop when two armed men, riding on a motorcycle, came to his shop and demanded cash at gunpoint. They got away with cash from the shop.

Armed men robbed a young man of cash and a mobile phone in Saddar. Bandits robbed a motorist of a mobile phone at a traffic signal in Garden area. He told the police that unidentified armed men, riding on a motorcycle, snatched his cell phone at gunpoint.

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