At least three people including a bandit were killed in separate incidents in the city on Tuesday. Unidentified assailants gunned down a 55-year-old man within the limits of the Risala police station. A duty officer told Pakistan Today that the victim, identified as Saleem Qureshi, was standing outside the Nanakwara mosque when two men on a motorcycle opened fire at him.
Separately, a bandit was shot down in a brief encounter with the police in the Aziz Bhatti police limits. The police said two bandits were robbing people near Baitul Mukkaram mosque in Gulshan-e-Iqbal when a patrolling police van reached there.
The bandits opened fire at the police, following which the latter retaliated, killing one of them, identified as Nisar. However, his accomplice managed to escape. In another incident, a man was gunned down by unidentified culprits at Gaddafi Chowk in the limits of the Shah Latif police station. The identity of the victim could not be ascertained by the time this report was filed.
