LAHORE: Unidentified gunmen allegedly shot dead a woman at busiest Qartaba Chowk here on Tuesday night.

The police arrived at the site on being alerted and shifted the body to the city morgue for an autopsy.

A police official said the woman was identified as Murat Masih and the identity of the alleged killers and motive behindher murder was unknown.

About the incident, he said, two persons riding a motorbike opened fire on the woman who was waitingforabusontheroad.

He said the police were trying to trace her family to get an application to register a case against the alleged killers.

THIEVES: Two thieves were captured while three others escaped when they were caught red-handed attemptingto steal valuables from the fire-damaged building of the Pace shopping mall in Gulberg.

The administration reported that a group of five thieves were fleeing after stealing various items, including copper wire.

The captured suspects were subsequently handed over to the police, who are currently investigating the matter.

The mall was reduced to ashes during a massive fire in March last year.