Crime: Four killed in police encounters
Three robbers died in the crossfire and three had managed to flee, police said
RENALA KHURD:
Three people, allegedly robbers, were killed in a police encounter late night on Sunday near Chak 20/2-L. Police said, six robbers had set up a road block near Chak 20/2-L and held up several passers-by. Saddar and City police arrived at the site and the robbers shot at them. Police said that they had shot back in self-defence. Three robbers died in the crossfire and three had managed to flee, police said. In Sargodha, police killed a robbery suspect in a shootout in a Jhal Chakian police precinct on Monday. Police said Ilyas had tried to flee from police custody after a gang of robbers attacked the police near Kot Momin. He was shot in crossfire between the police and his accomplices.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2016.
Three people, allegedly robbers, were killed in a police encounter late night on Sunday near Chak 20/2-L. Police said, six robbers had set up a road block near Chak 20/2-L and held up several passers-by. Saddar and City police arrived at the site and the robbers shot at them. Police said that they had shot back in self-defence. Three robbers died in the crossfire and three had managed to flee, police said. In Sargodha, police killed a robbery suspect in a shootout in a Jhal Chakian police precinct on Monday. Police said Ilyas had tried to flee from police custody after a gang of robbers attacked the police near Kot Momin. He was shot in crossfire between the police and his accomplices.
Published in The Express Tribune, April 19th, 2016.