PESHAWAR: Two policemen guarding a polio
vaccination team in northwest Pakistan were were shot dead by armed men
on Tuesday, police said.
Tuesday's attack took place in the village of Gandi Umar Khan, about 20 kilometres or 12 miles west of the nearest city of Dera Ismail Khan, on the second day of an innoculation drive.
Nisar Khan Marwat, another police officer, confirmed the attack, adding: "Two police officials were accompanying two local polio workers when four gunmen riding on two motorbikes shot at them."
The policemen died on the spot while the polio workers themselves were unhurt, he added.
Tuesday's attack took place in the village of Gandi Umar Khan, about 20 kilometres or 12 miles west of the nearest city of Dera Ismail Khan, on the second day of an innoculation drive.
Nisar Khan Marwat, another police officer, confirmed the attack, adding: "Two police officials were accompanying two local polio workers when four gunmen riding on two motorbikes shot at them."
The policemen died on the spot while the polio workers themselves were unhurt, he added.
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