KHYBER: Bike using gunmen shot lifeless a police official on the responsibility to protect polio vaccinators in Khyber district on Monday, ARY Information reported.
The martyred policeman was recognized as Abdul Khaliq.
Police officers stated that Abdul Khaliq was going for his responsibility to protect the polio vaccinators, when motorcycle using armed males focused him within the space of Jamrud city in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province at Jamrud Sakhi bridge.
Native police official Zarmat Khan advised AFP, “Two bike riders opened fireplace on him”. “The constable died immediately on the scene.”
Police investigators discovered two spent bullets of 30 bore gun from the crime scene and additional inquiring into the assault.
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the one international locations the place polio is endemic and militants goal vaccination groups and their safety escorts.
Pakistan recorded not less than 73 polio infections final yr in comparison with six in 2023. The vaccination marketing campaign which began on Monday is the primary of the yr and is because of final every week.
“Regardless of the incident, the polio vaccination drive within the space stays ongoing,” Khan stated.