Car-snatching bid foiled, bandits injured

Two suspected bandits injured near Paposh Nagar police station

KARACHI:

Two suspected bandits were injured when a man opened fire on them to foil a car-snatching attempt near Paposh Nagar police station in Nazimabad on Thursday.

As per details, three motorcycle-borne suspected bandits attempted to snatch a car from a man on the service road leading to Matric Board Office. The driver, however, opened fire, injuring two of the bandits, while the third managed to escape.

The wounded suspects, identified as Zohaib and Ahmed and residents of Nusrat Bhutto Colony, were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where doctors referred them to the JPMC due to the severity of their injuries.

Sardar Abbasi, SHO Paposh Nagar police station, disclosed that the shooting took place at around 7:30 in the morning. The driver, whose identity remains undisclosed, has not yet come forward. Further investigations are ongoing.

SHO Abbasi explained that both suspected bandits sustained two or three gunshot wounds to their abdomens and are in critical condition. The driver's heroic intervention prevented the car from being snatched.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 8^th, 2024.