ISLAMABAD: Two suspects were injured during an encounter with the police in the area of G-7/2, police said on Thursday.

As per the police, three separate patrolling teams of capital police started searching four riders on two motorcycles in the area of G-7/2 after getting an alert about the snatching of cash and valuables from a man within the same area.

During the patrolling, the teams spotted four people on two motorcycles behind the Press Information Department (PID) at around 11:00 p.m., who initiated firing at personnel after seeing them.

The police officials also retaliated in self-defence and resorted to aerial firing.

Two of the riders escaped towards a wooded area after the firing halted, while the other two were found injured lying on the road.

The injured were overpowered, and during the search, the police recovered a mobile phone from one of the injured along with 15 shells of a 30-bore pistol, five shells of a 9 mm pistol, and seven shells of SMG from the spot.

The police added that the two suspects were injured by the firing of their accomplices, who later escaped from the scene.

The injured were then shifted to a hospital for medical assistance, and a case was also registered against the four suspects.