Rise in highway crimes in Pakistan: Student in Karachi kills two robbers, loses life in gun battle

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A university student killed two suspected muggers in a gun battle near New Sabzi Mandi in Karachi on Superhighway in the early hours of Wednesday, Dawn reported, citing police and his relatives.

However, in the gun battle, the student lost his life as well.

Reportedly, Sheikh Muhammad Nihal (22) and his uncle Sheikh Muhammad Ayaz, were returning to their residence in North Nazimabad on a motorbike. Both were coming back after attending a dinner late on Tuesday night.

SITE-Superhighway SHO Zulfiqar Bhangwar informed that they were intercepted by armed muggers. However, Sheikh Nihal, who had a licenced pistol, took out his weapon and began firing. The robbers also fired, and in an exchange of gunfire, two suspects, Nihal and his uncle, suffered bullet injuries.

The cop said that both the robbers and Nihal died on the spot, Dawn reported.

At Nazeer Husain University, Nihal was a student in the Department of Architecture and was the only son of his parents.

A grief-stricken uncle of the victim complained that the city had been left at the mercy of armed robbers.

Rise in the killing of innocent citizens by robbers!

Leader of the Opposition in the Sindh Assembly, Ali Khurshidi, who also attended the funeral, expressed concern over the troubling rise in the killing of innocent citizens by robbers.

He demanded that the governor and other authorities take prompt action to curb street crime in Karachi.

In Karachi, 68 citizens have been shot dead by robbers during the first five months of the current year. However, the officer claimed that the number of people slaughtered by robbers stood at 52.