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Attack on polio team kills 2 in Pakistan
In a sad event in Pakistan, some bad people shot at a team that was giving polio vaccines to children.
Two people died, one was a police officer named Sajjad who was there to protect the team, and the other was a regular person.
This happened in a place called Bajaur, near Afghanistan.
The police are now looking for the bad people who did this.
The leaders of the area said that they will not let these attacks stop them from giving vaccines to children, because it's very important to keep kids safe from polio.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where polio is still a big problem, so they are trying hard to stop it.
Two people, including a police constable, were killed in an attack on a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.
The attack occurred in the Tangi area of Salarzai tehsil, Bajaur district, near the Afghanistan border.
The deceased police constable was identified as Sajjad, who was deployed for the security of the polio team.
The attackers fled the scene, and a heavy police contingent was dispatched to search for the perpetrators.
Pakistan launched a nationwide polio vaccination campaign aiming to cover 45.5 million children under five years of age.
- Who
- Unidentified gunmen attacked a polio vaccination team in Pakistan.
- What
- A targeted attack on a polio vaccination team resulted in the deaths of two people.
- Where
- The attack took place in the Tangi area of Salarzai tehsil, Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.
- When
- The attack occurred on Tuesday.
- Why
- The motive behind the attack is not explicitly stated, but militant groups often target polio workers in the region.
Key facts
- Location
- Tangi area of Salarzai tehsil, Bajaur district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan
- Victims
- Police constable Sajjad and a civilian
- Attackers
- Unidentified gunmen
- Campaign
- Nationwide polio vaccination campaign
- Target Population
- 45.5 million children under five years of age
Sources
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