KARACHI, Sept 9: A suspected bandit was killed in what police described as an encounter in the New Karachi Industrial Area on Sunday.

The area SHO, Ishtiaq Ghauri, said that four suspects entered a textile mill in New Karachi’s Sector 6-B and the management of the industrial unit informed the police, which responded immediately.

He said the police challenged the suspects and an encounter ensued during which one of the bandits suffered fatal bullet wounds and died before he could be shifted to hospital. However, his three accomplices escaped, the SHO added.

The police seized a TT pistol from the possession of the deceased.

They shifted the body to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities. Later, the body was taken to the Edhi morgue for a want of identification.

Kite string slits youth’s throat

A young man died when a stray kite string cut his throat at Nazimabad Chowrangi on Sunday.

Police said that Shahram, 25, along with his father was passing through the area on his motorcycle when a stray kite string slit his throat within the remit of the Rizvia police station.

Shahram and his father fell to the ground and blood was oozing out from the victim’s throat. He was rushed to the nearby Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where he died during treatment, the police said.

The victim was a resident of Pak Colony.

Man shot dead

A man was shot dead and an associate of his was wounded in Mohammadi Colony, better known as Machhar Colony, within the remit of the Mauripur police station early on Sunday.

Police said the incident took place near Qadafi Chowk, where Mohammad Hussain, 30, and Abdul Rahim, 29, were sitting near their home when two armed men riding a motorcycle emerged there and opened fire on them.

Both men sustained bullet wounds and were taken to the Civil Hospital Karachi, where Mr Hussain died during treatment.

The police suspected some personal enmity as a likely motive behind the incident.

The dead and the wounded were associated with the fisheries’ business and worked at harbour, the police added.