Unidentified gunmen shot lifeless a police constable escorting a group of polio staff in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakthunkhwa province on Sunday.
The constable was killed by the gunmen driving a bike whereas he was becoming a member of the polio staff within the tribal district of Dhal Behzadi of Kohat district, about 75 kilometers south of provincial capital Peshawar.
Members of the vaccination celebration are stated to be protected. No group has but taken duty for the assault. Police groups rushed to space and began a cordon and search operation for the attackers.
Chief Minister Mehmud Khan condemned the assault and vowed to nab the perpetrators. Such acts of cowardice can not deter our resolve to wipe out this crippling illness, he stated.
A 5 day vaccination drive is presently underway in Pakistan. The assault comes on the third day of it.
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the one two remaining nations on the planet the place polio is endemic after Nigeria was declared freed from poliovirus final yr.
The Pakistan authorities has suspended the anti-polio drive and post-campaign analysis up to now following the rising variety of assaults on polio staff in several components of the nation.
Attempts to eradicate the crippling illness have been critically hampered by lethal concentrating on of vaccination groups lately by militants, who oppose the drives, claiming that the polio drops trigger infertility.
Last month, two separate such assaults have been reported within the province.
