A suspect trying to flee a robbery scene was killed after a tanker hit him in Karachi on Monday, police said.

Police added that the suspect’s accomplice managed to flee the scene after they tried to loot a passerby’s motorcycle in the city’s Pakistan Bazaar area.

The motorcycle of the robbers and the citizen were present at the site of the accident. According to police, it could not be ascertained whether the tanker driver intentionally killed the suspect or not.

The hunt for suspected terrorist’s suspect was under way.