Panic Attack: Robbers accidently kill 2 of their own

BAHAWALPUR: Two robbers died of gunshot wounds when their fellow robbers started shooting blindly at members of a family who started screaming in panic during a robbery on Sunday night. Police said that Hussain Bakhsh, a resident of Sotarki near Rahim Yar Khan, had filed a complaint with them stating that he and his family were asleep in house when a gang of eight robbers scaled the walls of his house and took them hostage. He said they tied up his family members and collected gold jewellery and Rs50,000. He said they were about to leave the house when members of his family started screaming for help. He said the robbers started shooting blindly killing two members of their gang. The rest fled. Police arrived at the scene and took the bodies into custody. Police said that the bodies had been sent to a mortuary for post-mortem examination. Their identities are yet to be ascertained, police said. Police have registered a case and has started looking for the criminals.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 24^th, 2014.