PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Gunmen shot and killed a Pakistani policeman who was offering safety for polio vaccination staff within the northwest on Tuesday, in keeping with police.
The assailants fled the scene, and nobody claimed duty for the assault in Kohat, native police official Dikdar Khan stated. He added that the physique of the slain policeman had been transported to a hospital.
No polio staff had been harmed within the assault, police stated, a day after Pakistan launched a nationwide anti-polio marketing campaign.
Militants in Pakistan typically goal polio groups and police assigned to guard them, falsely claiming the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilize kids. Militants have claimed duty for earlier assaults throughout the nation.