MIRPURKHAS: A gang of dacoits opened fire on people to escape arrest when shopkeepers foiled their attempt to rob a pesticide dealer at his shop at the old Khipro bus stand near Pak Colony on Wednesday.

The firing left four persons, including one of the dacoits, wounded.

Five armed men riding two motorcycles struck at the shop and stormed into it to rob the dealer of his money but other shopkeepers foiled their attempt. Finding themselves trapped, the dacoits opened fire leaving Gulfam, Mohammad Siddique and Allah Dino wounded. One of their accomplices, Sulaiman aka Zubair, also sustained bullet wounds. He was arrested by the Gharibabad police.