KARACHI: Armed robbers have looted shopkeepers in the Federal B area of Karachi at iftar time, ARY News reported on Friday.
As per details, the robber came inside the market when a group of shopkeepers were having their iftar in Block 15, Federal B area of Karachi.
Two armed robbers looted the cash from the counter and then checked all the nine shopkeepers’ pockets sitting at the shop.
While the robbers looted the shop, the shopkeepers didn’t stop having their iftar.
After looting the entire money from the counter and the shopkeepers, the robbers escaped the spot of the incident.
Earlier in February, the Additional Inspector General (AIG) Karachi Javed Alam Odho stated in his report that 131 street crime incidents took place in the metropolis within 24 hours.
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The AIG spokesperson report stated that 131 street crime incidents included 37 incidents of mobile phone and cash snatching in a day.
In another incident on March 5, eight armed robbers took away cash and gold ornaments worth more than Rs7 million from a house in Karachi’s Scheme 33 area.
The armed robbers broke into house of a businessman in Karachi’s Scheme 33 area and took the family hostage at gunpoint and looted Rs90,000 in cash 35 tolas of gold worth over Rs7 million and a 9mm pistol.
