Bandit kills himself after ‘shootout’ with Lahore police

LAHORE: A suspected criminal allegedly shot himself after an encounter with police in Lahore’s Mehar Fayaz Colony on Wednesday, ARY News reported.

According to police, the Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) personnel raided a hideout of the suspect named Ghulam Bari. Upon seeing a police party, he opened fire at it in a bid to escape.

However, he shot himself after he found himself surrounded by the police personnel and his desperate attempts to flee from the scene proved futile.

The suspected criminal was required in various criminal cases, including robberies.

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Earlier, on March 11, two suspected criminals were shot dead in a ‘shootout’ with police personnel in Faisalabad.

According to police, the killed suspects attacked a police party near Chak 233 bypass to free another accused from its clutches. In retaliatory fire, the two suspects were killed. They were identified as Arshad and Nasir.

A police official said the accused were involved in looting and killing two employees of a fuel station on Jhang Road.