HYDERABAD  -  Four persons lost their lives in separate incidents of accidents and drowning in different parts of the city here on Saturday. According to the police, 13 years old Aalian Sultan was crossing the road on the National Highway near Miani Forest when he was hit by a speeding car. The police informed that the boy was killed but the driver escaped along with the vehicle.

The boy’s body was shifted to the Liaquat University Hospital (LUH) for the medico legal formalities and the incident’s FIR is yet to be registered.

In another accident in the limits of Tando Yousuf police station a car struck a motorcycle and allegedly killed 30 years old Syed Sunny Shah on the spot.

The police took the dead body to the LUH for the medico legal formalities but the police case could not be lodged by the evening. The car’s driver managed to escape along with the vehicle.

An 8 years old child, Shivraj Kolhi, died while his father Gopal Das Kolhi was injured as a loader rickshaw in which they were travelling overturned on the airport road. An unknown young man drowned in Akram canal while swimming. The body was pulled out but the authorities are still to identify the deceased.

Another Karachi citizen falls prey to street crime

A man was fatally shot by robbers during a resistance attempt in the Landhi area of Karachi, adding to the growing wave of street crimes in the city.

According to rescue sources, the victim has been identified as Shah Fahd, who succumbed to his injuries after being rushed to a nearby hospital.

The police said that the incident was occurred in Landhi No.4 area of Karachi. The area was experiencing a power outage at the time of the incident. The alleged motorcycle-riding robbers approached Shah Fahd, and during the confrontation, he resisted their demands. In response, the police said the robbers opened fire, with a bullet striking Shah Fahd in the throat, leading to his death. The rescue teams arrived promptly at the scene and transported the victim to the hospital, but he could not be saved. This incident added to the growing concerns over rising street crimes in Karachi, where oat least 34 citizens have been killed by robbers in this year so far in street crimes.

Earlier in a similar incident on April 9, a man in Karachi was killed by robbers when he offered resistance to robbers in the Landhi area of the city.

The young man identified as 22-year-old Manzoor, lost his life in a daring robbery attempt in Landhi’s Moeenabad, Karachi. According to police reports, three robbers attempted to snatch valuables from the victim and shot him when he resisted.