Policeman escorting polio staff killed in Pakistan
Unidentified gunmen killed a policeman escorting a workforce of polio staff in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday. Pakistani policemen stand guard as a well being employee administers polio drops to a baby throughout a polio vaccination marketing campaign (Photo: AFP)Unidentified gunmen shot lifeless a police constable escorting a workforce of polio staff in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 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 kilometres south of provincial capital Peshawar.Members of the vaccination celebration are mentioned to be secure. No group has but taken duty for the assault.Police groups rushed to the realm 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 mentioned.A five-day vaccination drive is at the moment underway in Pakistan. The assault comes on the third day of it.Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the one two remaining nations on the earth the place polio is endemic after Nigeria was declared freed from poliovirus final 12 months.The Pakistan authorities has suspended the anti-polio drive and post-campaign analysis previously following the growing variety of assaults on polio staff in numerous components of the nation.Attempts to eradicate the crippling illness have been severely 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 had been reported within the province.Read | UN suspends polio vaccination drive in Pakistan after eight of its workforce members shot lifelessRead | Another police officer escorting polio staff killed in PakistanClick on right here for IndiaToday.in’s full protection of the coronavirus pandemic.
