Gunmen kill 2 security officials assigned to protect polio workers in southwest Pakistan

Pakistan gunmen kill two police guarding polio vaccinators

In Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan -- the only countries where polio remains endemic -- militants have for decades targeted vaccination teams and their security escorts

Two security personnel martyred in attack on polio team in Mastung

The representational image shows Balochistan Levies Force personnel standing guard. — Facebook@ @Leviesforcebalochistan/FileQUETTA: At least two Levies were martyred after unknown assailants opened fire on the security detail of a polio team in Mastung's Kali Teri area in...

Two Levies personnel martyred in attack on polio team in Mastung

Two security personnel assigned to protect a polio vaccination team were shot dead in a targeted attack on Wednesday in Balochistan’s Mastung district. The ambush took place in Mastung district, where members of the Levies Force were guarding a health team administering oral polio vaccines as part of a nationwide campaign, Express News reported. According to Levies officials, unidentified gunmen opened fire on the officers without warning. The d…

The country, one of the only countries in the world where poliomyelitis is endemic, struggles to immunize children. The population, very suspicious, uses these campaigns as a currency of exchange to demand more public services.

Gunmen kill 2 security officials assigned to protect polio workers in southwest Pakistan

Officials say gunmen have shot and killed two security officials assigned to protect polio workers in restive southwestern Pakistan.

2 security personnel guarding polio vaccinators shot dead in SW Pakistan

Incident occurred in Mastung district of Balochistan province - Anadolu Ajansı