'Robber' who killed citizen in Baldia shot dead in 'encounter'.

KARACHI -- Police claimed to have killed a suspected robber after he, along with his accomplice, shot dead a citizen in Baldia Town in the small hours of Saturday morning.

The Madina Colony police identified the citizen as Nasir Khattak, 35, who they said was killed while resisting a robbery bid near Police Training Centre Saeedabad late on Friday night.

Keamari-SSP Fida Husain Janwari said that after killing the victim three robbers were fleeing when a police patrol heard gunshots and reached the spot.

As the law enforcers started chasing the fleeing suspects, they resorted to firing near Rubi Mor and in an ensuing encounter, one suspect, later identified as 26-year-old Faisal, was killed and his two...