Overview
- Police say the encounter followed a motorcycle and cash theft reported near Mahmood Kot.
- Officers set up blockades and signalled three motorcycles at a Basti Islamabad checkpoint, drawing gunfire from the riders.
- Two suspects were fatally hit, which police allege was fire from their own accomplices as the other two escaped in darkness and fog.
- The deceased were identified by police as Anwar Khan Pathan and Tehzeeb Ahsan Pathan of 52 KB.
- A stolen motorcycle, cash, jewellery and two pistols were recovered, and police link the group to a recent robbery in which a woman was raped.