KARACHI: Two traffic police officials were gunned down near Aisha Manzil in Karachi on Saturday. According to police, unidentified armed men riding a motorcycle approached the policemen and shot both of them in their heads. The deceased were identified as Shakeel and Akram. Soon after the incident, heavy contingents of police and Rangers arrived at the crime scene. “There were four traffic police officials deployed at the Ayesha Manzil traffic section at the time of attack. Two officials had gone for prayers while the two others were performing the duty,” DIG West Feroze Shah said. Shah added that both police officials were shot in the neck and above. He said one of the officials tried to return fire but was shot before he could retaliate. The traffic police officials were wearing body armor,” confirmed the DIG. Emergency and security services reached the spot of the attack and started their initial investigations. The police officials recovered a spent 9mm casing from the crime scene. The assailants managed to escape the scene of the incident. Earlier in September, a traffic police constable was shot dead while two others sustained bullet wounds in an armed attack in Site-B area of the metropolis. In August, two policemen helping traffic police in the busy Saddar area were gunned down by armed riders when they were asked to stop.