KARACHl: Police on Friday claimed to have killed three suspected robbers in two alleged encounters in Korangi and Quaidabad areas.

Officials said that a Korangi police patrol indicated three suspects riding two motorcycles to stop for checking. However, the suspects resorted to firing in their bid to flee and in an ensuing exchange of gunfire, two of the suspects were killed and their third accomplice was arrested in wounded condition.

The killed suspects were identified as Mehran Bahadur and Hameed, alias Munna, while the wounded was identified as Nisar, alias Faisal.

Area SHO Adeel Afzal said that they had murdered police constable Mohammed Umair on July 2 when he resisted their robbery bid in Awami Colony.

He claimed that the suspects were involved in around 80 robberies.

The police claimed to have recovered three pistols, two motorcycles and three mobile phones from their custody.

The bodies and wounded suspect were shifted to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

In the Quaidabad area, a police patrol signalled two suspects in Swati Mohalla but they resorted to firing on them. The police retaliated, killing one of the suspect, later identified as Amir Kohati. His accomplice managed to escape.

The police claimed to have recovered an unlicensed pistol, cash and a mobile phone.

The killed suspect had a past criminal record as he was arrested and sent to prison in more than 16 criminal cases.

The body was shifted to the JPMC for a post-mortem examination.