Mobile phone snatchers gun down youth sitting outside his home in Karachi.

KARACHI -- Mobile phone snatchers shot dead a youth sitting outside his home in Karachi's Landhi on Sunday, media reported.

Kashan, brother of two sisters, was working as a graphic designer in a private firm.

Detailing the incident, the neighbours of the victim said Kashan was sitting outside his home due to prolonged power outages in the port city when two motorcyclists came and tried to snatch his cellphone.

Upon offering resistance, the robbers opened fire on Kashan, killing him on the spot and they managed to flee the scene.

It is pertinent to mention here that incidents of murders during snatching bids have occurred frequently in the...