Suicide bomber attacks Pakistan police guarding polio vaccination team, kills 3

Suicide Bomber Attacks Pakistan Police Guarding Polio Vaccination Team, Kills Four

Islamist militants in Pakistan often target polio vaccination teams, having spread rumours that the immunisation effort is a Western tool to spy on them and make Muslims infertile.

Suicide bomber kills 4, injures 30 in Pakistan - La Prensa Latina Media

(Update 1: upgrades casualty toll) Islamabad, Nov 30 (EFE).- At least four people, including two children, were killed and nearly 30 were injured in a suicide bombing attack on Wednesday, when a vehicle loaded with explosives collided with a police truck escorting a polio vaccination team. The bombing occurred at around 8:30 am near Quetta, the capital of the restive southwestern province of Balochistan, as the truck carrying the officers was on…

Pakistani Taliban Suicide Bomber Targets Police Protecting Polio Teams

The group, which called off the cease-fire recently, said the attack was to avenge the killing of their former spokesperson, Abdul Wali.

4 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMEDQUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber blew himself up near a truck carrying police officers on their way to protect polio workers near Quetta Wednesday, killing a police officer and three civilians from the same family who was traveling nearby in a car. The bombing also wounded 23 others, mostly policemen, officials said.Ghulam Azfer Mehser, a senior police officer, said the attack happened as the policemen were…

Suicide attack in Pakistan: 3 people were killed and 23 wounded. Taliban Targets Polio Vaccination

At least three people were killed and 23 injured Wednesday in a suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban, targeting policemen accompanying a polio vaccination team in western Pakistan, according to a police source, France Presse quoted.

Three killed in Pakistan as suicide bomber targets vaccination team escort

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan claims responsibility for the attack, which also injured 30 others