An alleged criminal was killed by police after he opened fire at a citizen in Sohrab Goth area in Karachi which claimed the life of an 8-year-old passerby boy, reported 24NewsHD TV channel on Friday.

DSP Sohail Faiz told media men that the dead accused Rogh Lewa was a hardened criminal, who had a tiff with a citizen namely Abbas a day earlier.

At the time of incident, the accused after seeing his rival Abbas at a local hotel in Junejo Colony of Sohrab goth opened fire at him.

As a result Abbas got injured while the young passerby boy was killed.

Meanwhile a police party rushed to crime scene where they also came under fire from the accused. During the cross-firing, the police killed the accused on the spot.

DSP Sohrab Goth claimed that dead accused had criminal record.

Reporter Shahrukh Khan