A policeman, while protecting a female polio vaccination team yesterday in Peshawar’s Matta section, was shot and killed by yet another attack, this one targeting health workers engaged in Pakistan’s long-running anti-polio campaign.
Two unidentified gunmen on a motorcycle shot at a door-to-door vaccination campaign, said police reports Monday. The officer was hitting numerous times and died on the spot. The attackers escaped before reinforcements could arrive.
An extensive search operation by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police, shutting off access to the area and routes for escape, is undertaking to try and find the suspects. Security forces are increasing patrols to ensure that ongoing vaccination teams over the district remain safe.
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Killing the perversely labeled perpetrator of this cowardly act, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif staunchly declared his government’s determineation to eradicate polio and to protect all those in the front lines of its gauntlet. Health authorities also replied in deep sorrow, they added, that such violence could reverse Pakistan’s progress in stamping out the disease.
