Suspect shot dead in 'encounter'.

KARACHI -- A suspected robber was shot dead and another arrested after an alleged encounter near Nagan Chowrangi, police said on Sunday.

Taimuria SHO Abdul Rasheed said that two suspects allegedly snatched cell phones from many people within the remit of the Yusuf Plaza and Samanabad police stations and were fleeing on a motorbike.

He said that the suspects took a turn from Shafiq Mor towards Nagan Chowrangi and a police patrol signalled them. The suspects tried to speed away and opened fire. The police retaliated and during an exchange of firing, one unknown suspect was gunned down while his accomplice, later identified as Bilal, was arrested.

The police claimed to have recovered one pistol, snatched cell phones of the robbery victims and one motorbike from their...