[DAWN] KARACHI: A 35-year-old woman was rubbed out in Lines Area on Sunday afternoon ostensibly by two masked robbers, triggering protest by area residents who assumed it was a bid to kidnap a minor child from her custody, according to officials and witnesses.Brigade police said Aqeela Aman, who was carrying a minor child along with her, was intercepted by two suspects in Lines Area. The suspects reportedly tried to snatch cash from her. As she offered resistance, the gunnies opened fire and fled along with looted cash, police said.
The child, however, remained safe in the incident. Aqeela sustained critical bullet wounds and was transported to Jinnah Post-Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.
"She sustained bullet injuries on right side of mandible," Dr. Seemin Jamali, head of the emergency department of the hospital, said.
The incident triggered violent protest by the local residents. They came out on New Preedy Street, burnt tyres and pelted stones on vehicles. As a result of it, the traffic was suspended on the busy road for several hours.