Police claim '3 robbers' killed as hostage drama ends.

KARACHI -- Three robbers, including one with recommended head-money of Rs10m, were shot dead in an encounter in F 'B' Area's block 12, police claimed on Friday. They said the suspects had barged into a house and were trying to escape by holding the family hostage at gunpoint. 'But under a strategy, a police team foiled the robbery and killed the suspects,' they added. The Gulberg police said that four suspects had barged into the house near Bombay Bakers and held its two occupants hostage at gunpoint. A police team rushed to the spot on a spy information and challenged them. In the ensuing encounter, three of the suspects were gunned down but a fourth one managed to escape by their car parked outside. The police recovered three pistols and shifted the bodies to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for legal formalities. West-DIG Fida Husain Mastoi told the media that the suspects were travelling in a silver colour Corolla car. The gang was known to have been involved in several robberies and, therefore, the police were already alert after receiving spy information about presence of the silver corolla car in the area, the DIG said. When the suspects entered the house with intention to commit robbery, a police team rushed to the spot, he added. Gulberg SHO Imtiaz...