April 03, 2017
KARACHI: A security guard was killed when he resisted robbers from snatching his gun in Buffer Zone area of the city Sunday night.
According to the police, three robbers on a motorbike were at a CNG station in Buffer Zone. Before looting the filling station, they tried to snatch the guard's weapon.
Since he resisted, the robbers opened fire, leaving him injured.
The 55-year-old guard was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Firing incidents are recurrent in Karachi.
A few weeks back, one person was killed and five others injured in a firing incident in Pak Colony.
According to District West SSP Nasir Aftab, gunmen on a motorcycle opened indiscriminate fire at a drug den.
Soon after the incident, Rangers and police reached the area and cordoned it off for some time.