Two police officers were shot dead by suspected militants in Mohmand district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday while travelling to protect polio vaccination teams. A third officer was wounded in the attack.
According to Associated Press, police officer Ayaz Khan said the attackers arrived on a motorcycle and escaped after opening fire. Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi condemned the incident and offered condolences to the victims’ families. Provincial Governor Faisal Karim Kundi also called for the safe recovery of four polio workers who had reportedly been abducted in Tank district a day earlier.
Pakistan has launched a nationwide vaccination campaign targeting 24 million children. The World Health Organization identifies Pakistan and Afghanistan as the only two countries where wild poliovirus remains endemic.
