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Suspected Militants Open Fire and Kill 2 Police Officers Guarding Polio Workers in Pakistan
Police said 24 million children are targeted in the nationwide campaign as militants continue attacks on vaccination teams and their escorts.
- On Tuesday, suspected militants riding a motorcycle killed two police officers guarding polio vaccination workers in Pandiyali Tehsil, Mohmand, a district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. A third officer was wounded in the attack.
- Pakistan launched a nationwide campaign Monday to vaccinate 24 million children against polio. The Pakistani Taliban and other militant groups regularly target these drives, falsely claiming they are Western conspiracies to sterilize children.
- Police officer Ayaz Khan reported the officers were traveling to a nearby village to guard vaccination teams when attackers opened fire. Rescue 1122 teams transported the deceased and injured officer to Ghallanai Hospital in Mohmand.
- Federal Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack, calling it "intolerable," and offered condolences to the families of the slain officers. He stated perpetrators deserve no leniency and that such attacks will not be tolerated.
- No group has claimed responsibility for the shooting. Pakistan and neighboring Afghanistan remain the only countries where wild poliovirus is endemic, according to the World Health Organization.
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Deadly Attacks Target Polio Vaccination Teams In Pakistan
Two police personnel were killed and another injured while guarding an anti-polio vaccination team in Pakistan's Mohmand district on Tuesday. In a separate incident, four polio workers were abducted in Tank district on the same day. These attacks occurred on the first day of a four-day nationwide anti-polio drive, highlighting the ongoing security challenges faced by vaccination efforts in Pakistan, one of two countries where polio remains endem…
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