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A youth was killed while his father sustained injuries when they tried to foil a dacoity at their house in Mohalla Jogy Pir, Chung area here early Thursday morning.

Police said, Muhammad Latif was asleep when four dacoits stormed into his house. They held the inmates at gunpoint and started collecting cash and jewellery.

Muhammad Latif and his son Muhammad Shabbir resisted, on which the criminals opened fire. As a result both received serious bullet injuries.

They were rushed to Jinnah Hospital where Shabbir succumbed to injuries. His body was removed to the city morgue for autopsy.

Police added that dacoits looted cash of Rs 10,000, gold ornaments and a gun from Latif's house and escaped. A case has been registered and further investigation is underway.

Copyright Associated Press of Pakistan, 2005


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