Gunmen open hearth at police officer stationed at polio vaccination website in Pakistan

The police officer was reviewing safety preparations for a group of polio vaccination staff when the gunmen opened hearth.

Peshawar,UPDATED: Dec 6, 2022 23:39 IST

The police officer was reviewing safety preparations for a group of polio vaccination staff (Representational photograph)

By Press Trust of India: Unknown assailants on Wednesday opened hearth at a police officer who was reviewing safety preparations made for a group of polio vaccination staff in northwest Pakistan, officers mentioned.

District Police Officer (DPO) Muhammad Shuaib, nevertheless, escaped unharmed within the skirmish.

Shuaib was reviewing safety preparations for the polio vaccination group at Koi Bhara in Dera Ismail Khan district in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakthunkhwa province, when unidentified gunmen opened hearth on the DPO car, police mentioned.

Police have launched a large search operation to nab the culprits.

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No group has claimed duty for the assault up to now.

Pakistan is without doubt one of the two polio-endemic nations on this planet together with its neighbour Afghanistan.

In 2014, the World Health Organisation had made it necessary for all folks travelling from Pakistan to hold a polio vaccination certificates.

Attempts to eradicate the crippling virus have been significantly hampered by lethal concentrating on of vaccination groups lately by militants, who oppose the drives, claiming that the polio drops trigger infertility.

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Dec 6, 2022