Two persons wounded in police fire in Sialkot.

NAROWAL -- The Sialkot police injured two innocent persons while chasing three robbery suspects on Monday.

According to police, three suspects on a motorcycle held hostage guards and staff and stole Rs3 million, mobile phones and a motorcycle from a petrol pump on Khadim Ali Shah Road before fleeing.

A patrolling squad of Muradpur police signalled three people riding a motorcycle to stop as soon as they were alerted. Instead of obeying the police, they attempted to leave, forcing the officers to open fire. Two of the riders were injured.

The injured were taken to the Allama Iqbal Teaching Hospital in Sialkot by the police.

They were identified as Sialkot residents Malik Haider and Nauman Yaqub.

They said they did not stop because they were afraid of the cops.

The patrolling police said they opened fire on them, taking them as the suspects...