A number of police personnel were killed in gun attack incidents in the provincial capital this year - File

KARACHI: A policeman was killed after two assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at him in the city?s Shadman area, police said.

According to DSP Shadman Mushtaq Tanoli, the policeman, identified as Naveed, was rushed to the hospital but succumbed to injuries on the way.

Naveed was deployed at the Special Branch in the Gadap area.

A number of police personnel were killed in gun attacks in the provincial capital this year.

Two officials of the traffic police were martyred in the line of duty in Azizabad on August 12.

Rescue sources said unidentified attackers opened fire on the official vehicle of the Liaqatabad deputy superintendent of police in Azizabad locality of the city.

Traffic DSP, driver martyred in targeted attack in Karachi

Unidentified attackers riding a motorcycle opened fire at the traffic official's vehicle in Azizabad

On May 21, two police officers were killed and one "seriously injured" in a firing incident near the Dhoraji area, police said.

Security officials revealed that a police vehicle was shot at, resulting in the instant deaths of Assistant Sub-Inspector Iftikhar and Head Constable Younus, while another official was injured.