Two guards killed after firing on money changer’s vehicle

KARACHI: Two people were killed and one injured on Wednesday after armed assailants opened fire on a money changer’s vehicle.  

Rescue officials said two guards were killed and another was injured as a result of firing on a money changer vehicle near the Deputy Commissioner’s Office in Bufferzone area.

The victims were security guards who were present in the vehicle and transporting the money which they had withdrawn from a bank. The injured were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital where two of them were pronounced dead on arrival.

SSP Central said six unidentified motorcyclists first opened fire on the vehicle and injured the guards. The criminals looted the money and fled from the scene of the incident. He said they had collected Rs985,000 cash from a bank by exchanging $6,000 transferred into an account at the bank by the firm.

He said the armed assailants first shot and injured the employees of the currency exchange firm sitting in the vehicle and then looted cash before speeding away on three motorcycles. Police reached the spot to investigate the incident and collected evidence while the assailants managed to flee from the scene of the incident.