Deceased police officials were identified as Muhammad Saeed, 40, son of Syed Akbar and Niaz Hussain, 40, son of Qadir Buksh. STOCK IMAGE
The incident took place at Moosa Lane area of Lyari that fall within the limits of Baghdadi police station.
The constables were deputed at the post when unidentified armed men resorted to indiscriminate firing.
“We could not say how many assailants were behind the attack because of the power failure in the locality at a time of incident but it is confirmed that they were on motorcycles,” said DSP Murtaza Mirani.
The two police officials were identified as Muhammad Saeed, 40, son of Syed Akbar and Niaz Hussain, 40, son of Qadir Buksh.
Their bodies were taken to the Civil Hospital for autopsies.
Witnesses said that usually there are four policemen deployed on the police post but only two were present at the time of incident.
SHO Haq Nawaz said that the gangsters from Lyari were behind the incident but they have yet to determine which of the group of gangsters was responsible for this attack.
Following the incident, police officials arrived at the site amid heavy police and Ranger presence, to collect evidence.
Officials also conducted a thorough search operation in the area.
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