Indian-origin shopkeeper shot dead by robbers in UK

London: A 35-year-old Indian-origin shopkeeper was shot dead by robbers at his shop in Manchester in the UK, police said.

Pragaret Singh, a father of three young children, was killed when he confronted two robbers who attacked him as he closed his shop for the night.

Singh was found with gunshot wounds to his abdomen and chest at Manchester Food Traders in the Openshaw suburb yesterday.