A Pakistani soldier was fatally shot by unidentified men here as he tried to stop them from robbing two Hindus.
Police said the soldier, who was off-duty in plain clothes spotted unidentified men on a motorcycle trying to rob two brothers, Mahesh and Pawan Kumar.
"The robbers shot at the two brothers and wounded them. They tried to escape but the soldier caught hold of one of them and in the grapple he was shot in the chest," one police official said.
The soldier had later died at the PNS Shifahospital.
"He died of wounds to his chest," a doctor said.
Karachi has one of the highest street crime rates in Pakistan with daily muggings and street crimes.
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