Youth killed in crossfire on M9

Gunmen escaping with snatched double-cabin SUV liquidated in police encounter in Jamshoro

KARACHI/HYDERABAD:

A 22-year-old youth was killed and his brother injured during an exchange of fire between police and carjackers on the M9 Motorway on Friday. The escaping carjackers were shot dead by Jamshoro and Hyderabad police in an encounter in Jamshoro district a few hours later.

The slain youth, Adnan son of Akbar Magsi, had been abducted by the suspects after they snatched the double-cabin SUV he was driving near his home in the KDA Scheme 33 area.

Reportedly, suspects traveling in a white Corolla intercepted a double-cabin vehicle in Gulzar-e-Hijri and snatched it, with the youth inside. As the culprits fled towards the Super Highway, police intercepted them and signaled them to stop. In their attempt to escape, the suspects' car rammed into concrete blocks along the road, forcing them to abandon the vehicle.

The gunmen then took control of the snatched double-cabin vehicle and opened indiscriminate fire on the police. During the chaos, they allegedly shot and killed the captive youth before throwing his body onto the road and escaping.

Police recovered the suspects' abandoned white car and called in the Crime Scene Unit to collect evidence. Officials are checking the registration details, suspecting the vehicle carried fake number plates.

Meanwhile, Adnan's brother, Anas, who had chased the suspects in another car, was injured when the robbers fired at him. He was rushed to a hospital for treatment.

Following the incident, residents of Scheme 33 and the victim's relatives staged a protest on the Super Highway, expressing anger over the killing.

Suspects shot dead in Jamshoro

The four suspected outlaws of a notorious gang who escaped after killing Adnan in Karachi, were shot dead in an encounter with Jamshoro and Hyderabad police in Jamshoro on Friday. The encounter, in which no policemen casualty was, occurred near a crush plant in village Ishaq Khoso along M9-Motorway.

Two of the deceased have been identified as Haider Mehar alias Haideru and Punjabi Pitafi while the other slain suspects are still unidentified. Haideru was said to be the leader of the notorious gang which was named after him.