Attack on a health center used in an anti-polio campaign in Pakistan kills a police officer

Two cops guarding polio vaccinators martyred in KP

Volunteer administers polio vaccine to a child amid police security in this undated photo. — APP/FileArmed terrorists martyred two policemen protecting a polio vaccination team in Upper Orakzai, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while three attackers were also killed in retaliatory fire by security...

2 policemen guarding polio team shot dead in KP’s Orakzai

Police kill two attackers, local accomplice in response.

Polio vaccinators attacked, held hostage in 2 separate incidents in Pak

Peshawar: Three terrorists were killed in a gunbattle when they attacked a polio vaccinators’ team in Pakistan’s restive northwestern province Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday, October 29. In another incident, unknown militants took hostage the entire team of polio vaccinators at a dispensary in the same province, sources said here. The attack on polio vaccinators came a day after Pakistan on Monday started its third nationwide polio campaign to va…

Policeman killed in attack on polio teams in Pakistan

Militants have attacked a health centre used in an anti-polio campaign in northwest Pakistan, triggering a shootout that left a police officer dead.

Policeman killed in attack on polio vaccination teams in Pakistan

PESHAWAR, Pakistan - At least one policeman was killed in northwest Pakistan on Tuesday as unidentified gunmen attacked a health office where polio vaccination teams were gathered, an official working at the government body tackling the spread of polio in the province said. Read more at straitstimes.com.

Attack on a health center dealing with polio in northwestern Pakistan kills a police officer - Seymour Tribune

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants attacked a health center used in an ongoing anti-polio campaign in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, triggering a shootout that left a police officer dead, local authorities said. Three of the attackers were also killed in the exchange. No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Orakzai, a district in […]