KARACHI: Highwaymen

Published April 22, 2008

KARACHI, April 21: A gang of three criminals, helped by a woman accomplice, boarded a Sanghar-bound bus and deprived its passengers of their cash and valuables near Sohrab Goth on Sunday night. The woman flagged down the bus and as soon as she was allowed in, the three robbers broke into the vehicles to rob the passengers of their cash, cellphones and other valuables, Mohammad Qasim, driver of the bus, told police.—PPI

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