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An Ari­ma man was shot dead dur­ing an ex­change of gun­fire with po­lice on Thurs­day evening.

Po­lice iden­ti­fied the man as Mustapha Gu­lab, of Bue­na Vista Street, Ari­ma.

In­ves­ti­ga­tors said around 7 pm, of­fi­cers were on mo­bile pa­trol near SWA­HA Hin­du Col­lege, Cu­napo South­ern Main Road, San­gre Grande, when they ob­served a man dri­ving a white Hilux ve­hi­cle look­ing sus­pi­cious.