KARACHI: Two suspected robbers were gunned down in an alleged encounter on the outskirts of the metropolis off the M-9 motorway on Friday, officials said.

They said that a police patrol spotted some suspects and signalled them to stop. However, they resorted to firing and in an ensuing exchange of gunfire, two suspects were killed.

The police claimed to have recovered two unlicensed pistols, mobile phones, cash and a motorcycle from their custody.

The bodies were shifted to the Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for medico-legal formalities.

The police identified one of the deceased as Raheem Khan, 25.