Gunmen kill two Pakistani police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination workers in northwest Pakistan, according to officials. The deaths occur in two separate attacks, with officers shot while carrying out security duties for teams carrying out polio vaccinations. In each incident, attackers fire on the officers, who are later confirmed dead. The reports describe the killings as attacks targeted at police protecting vaccination efforts rather than on the health workers themselves. Officials condemn the violence and treat the incidents as serious threats to the country’s immunisation campaign. Security personnel are deployed and investigations are underway to identify those responsible and determine how the attackers carried out the assaults. The killings add to wider concerns about violence affecting public health operations in the region, where vaccination teams have previously faced threats and attacks. No group is named in the summaries provided. Authorities continue to coordinate security for polio vaccination activities in the aftermath of the incidents.
Two Pakistani police officers killed while protecting polio vaccination teams
Gunmen kill two Pakistani police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination workers in northwest Pakistan, according to officials. The deaths occur in two separate attacks, with officers shot whil...
- Two Pakistani police officers are killed in separate attacks while protecting polio vaccination teams.
- Gunmen shoot the officers during incidents in northwest Pakistan.
- Officials say the officers are assigned specifically to provide security for polio workers.
- Investigations are launched to identify the attackers and circumstances of the killings.
- No perpetrating group is identified in the information provided.
Officials say gunmen in two separate attacks have shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination teams in Pakistan.
3 months agoOfficials say gunmen in two separate attacks have shot and killed two police officers assigned to protect polio vaccination teams in northwest Pakistan
3 months ago
Emily Damari, former Hamas hostage, marries in Tel Aviv
Former British-Israeli Hamas hostage Emily Damari marries her partner in Tel Aviv, according to reports from multiple ou...
King Harald V of Norway dies aged 89
Norway’s King Harald V dies at age 89, the Norwegian royal palace announces. Multiple outlets report that he dies peacef...
Dutch court sentences 66-year-old man to life for 1994 Rwanda genocide role
A Dutch court sentences a 66-year-old man to life imprisonment for his role in the 1994 Rwanda genocide, in which about...