No Help Needed: Robber axed to death in self defence

During a late night robbery, the victim struck and killed the robber with an axe.

SWABI:

A man was killed in Swabi District in the jurisdiction of Zaida Police Station on Wednesday.

According to the police, Amir Nawaz, a resident of the Garh Lara area of Marghuz Village, came to the police station to register an FIR, in which he said that a man identified as Muhammad Aziz had entered his house at midnight with the intention of robbing him. However, during the robbery, he struck and killed Aziz with an axe.

Nawaz has not been arrested, and the police is further investigating the case.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 28^th, 2011.