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Defected weapon causes robbers to flee, officer fatally wounded in Karachi

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KARACHI: Sindh Police has become synonymous with ineptness and rampant corruption, a defected firearm almost cost a police officer’s life in a shootout today, ARY News reported on Monday.

Samnabad area of Karachi saw a shootout between cops and robbers earlier in the day.

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The police were informed about a robbery in the vicinity and they made it to the scene of the crime, the robbers who were still present at the scene opened fire at the law enforcers, a firing exchange ensued.

During the exchange of fire, a police officer’s bullet got stuck in the chamber of his government-issued pistol.

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This gave the robbers an opening and they shot at the officer, wounding him fatally.

The robbers ran away while the police officer was shifted to the nearest medical facility.

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CCTV footage of the entire debacle has been acquired and shows the entire melee going down.

The pistol along with a huge contingent of ammunition and firearms was recently purchased by the Government of Sindh in its efforts to modernize policing.

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