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SUKKUR, Dec 09 (APP):Nine bandits were killed in a shootout with police near Manchhar Shah graveyard in Shikarpur on Tuesday.
SSP Shikarpur Shahzaib Chachar said that four police officials, including DSP City Zahoor Soomro, DSP Paras Bakhrani, were injured in the operation.
Three of the slain bandits have been identified as Shahmore Shaikh, Imdad Shaikh, and Shahzad Shaikh. Police said the deceased were involved in kidnapping for ransom, drug dealing, robberies, and other serious crimes.
The operation was launched after reports of bandits in the area. The bandits opened indiscriminate firing, and nine of them were killed in the police retaliatory fire, officials said.
Police contingents have cordoned off Manchhar Shah and the surrounding areas, and an operation is underway with armored carriers and drones.