Two dacoits killed, 3 policemen injured in Rawalpindi shootout
Crime
Two dacoits killed, 3 policemen injured in Rawalpindi shoot out
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – Two dacoits were killed and three policemen injured in an exchange of fire in Rawalpindi city during the wee hours of Saturday.
The incident occurred when police tried to apprehend the outlaws on receiving a report of a robbery, triggering the exchange of fire between the two sides in Bahria Town Phase VIII.
During the clash, two dacoits from a group wanted in several police reports of street crimes in Rawalpindi and Islamabad were killed.
The injured policemen were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (PIMS), Islamabad, with one of them said to be in critical condition.
IG Islamabad Muhammad Ahsan Younis said that Wajid and Arshad of Bilal gang were among the robbers killed in the police encounter while search for the three other dacoits was on.
