KARACHI: Three alleged bandits were killed in a shootout with police in Eidgah area, South Karachi DIG said.

According to police, the alleged robbers were wanted in many cases including robberies and kidnappings. Giving details on the encounter, police claimed that four robbers were going on two motorcycles when on suspicion the cops standing at barriers set up for snap checking signalled them to halt.

Instead, the outlaws tried to speed away. Police chased them and had an encounter with them, in which three robbers were killed, whereas their fourth accomplice managed to escape. Their bodies were shifted to hospital for postmortem. Further investigation continues.