Robbers shoot and kill security guard in Karachi

He resisted them from snatching his gun

By
Qamar Ali

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.