Gunmen kill 2 police officers guarding polio workers in southwestern Pakistan
Police said the attackers seized the officers’ weapons and fled as more than 31 million children were due to receive polio drops.
- On Tuesday, unidentified gunmen in Balochistan's Nushki district killed two police officers, Muhammad Yasar and Abdul Rauf, who were providing security for a polio vaccination team. The attackers seized the officers' weapons and fled the scene.
- The shooting occurred during a nationwide anti-polio campaign launched Monday, aiming to vaccinate more than 31 million children across Pakistan. Polio teams in high-risk areas frequently face security threats from hostile elements.
- Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the attack as "heinous and unforgivable," while Balochistan Special Assistant on Home Affairs Babar Yousafzai blamed Fitna al-Hindustan for the deaths. The polio workers administering vaccine drops remained unharmed.
- Police cordoned off Killi Jamalabad and launched a search operation to apprehend those responsible. Authorities gathered evidence from the attack site as security challenges continue to threaten polio eradication efforts.
- Pakistan and Afghanistan remain the only countries where wild poliovirus transmission persists, according to the World Health Organization. Officials reiterate commitment to eradication despite sporadic attacks on vaccination teams in southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Balochistan.
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Gunmen kill 2 police officers guarding polio workers in southwestern Pakistan
Police say gunman have shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio workers in southwestern Pakistan, a day after the government launched a weeklong vaccination campaign targeting more than 31 million children.
Latest Incident occurred in remote Naushki district of southwestern Balochistan province
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Pakistan Live NewsTwo policemen guarding polio team martyred in Balochistan's Nushki
Policemen martyred after armed men opened fire: police.Police identify slain officials as Yasir Ahmed and Abdul Rauf.Nationwide anti-polio campaign to continue through Sept 27.NUSHKI: Two policemen guarding a polio team were martyred...
In Pakistan's Balochistan province, police officers protecting a polio vaccination team were targeted in an armed attack. Two police officers were killed in the attack, while the medical personnel escaped unharmed.
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