The incident took place in Pakistan’s financial hub Karachi when the man, Itteqa Mooen Khan, a 27-year-old mechanical engineer, was approached by armed robbers near his house while he was on his way back from a nearby bakery.
The suspects shot and killed the youngster and fled with his motorcycle, mobile phone, and wallet.
A case has been registered under the provisions of robbery and murder at the Gulshan-e-Iqbal Police Station on the complaint of the victim’s brother.
Meanwhile, the police have also found a shell of a 9-millimeter pistol from the scene of the incident, which has been sent for forensics.
However, the spokesperson for East Police said that a departmental inquiry had been ordered regarding the incident.
The city’s police have suspended Gulshan-e-Iqbal’s station house officer (SHO) for poor performance after yet another young man was killed in a street crime incident on Saturday.
Police said they were trying to obtain CCTV footage to help trace the suspects. No case had been registered when this story was filed.
The development comes as the city, also the country’s financial hub, has witnessed a significant rise in street crime incidents in recent months with 71 people losing their lives at the hands of criminals in 2024 so far.
