Two police officers protecting polio workers in Pakistan shot dead
Summary
Gunmen killed two police officers and injured a third as they travelled to protect polio vaccination teams in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The attack came a day after four officers guarding polio workers were abducted; they remained missing as search efforts continued.Key Facts
- The attackers rode a motorcycle and fired on a police vehicle on Tuesday.
- No polio vaccination staff were in the police vehicle during the shooting.
- No group claimed responsibility for the attack.
- Armed groups, including the Pakistan Taliban, have carried out similar attacks and spread false claims about polio vaccinations.
- Pakistan began a targeted vaccination drive on Sunday aiming to reach nearly 24 million children in 97 high-risk districts.
- Health authorities registered the country’s eighth polio case of the year in a 13-month-old girl from Khyber district.
- Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic.
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