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Two Pakistani officers guarding polio workers killed in shooting
Suspected militants killed two police officers guarding polio workers in Mohmand, northwestern Pakistan, on Tuesday.
A third officer was wounded when attackers on a motorcycle opened fire as the officers travelled to a nearby village.
The officers were protecting a door-to-door vaccination team during a polio immunisation campaign.
Militants in Pakistan have regularly attacked vaccination drives and the police who protect health workers, spreading false claims about the vaccines.
Pakistan’s nationwide campaign aims to vaccinate 24 million children and began on Monday.
The attackers fled, and no group has claimed responsibility for the shooting.
Separately, four polio workers were abducted in another district the previous day, and the provincial governor called for their safe release.
Two police officers guarding polio vaccination workers were shot dead in Mohmand district in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday.
A third officer was wounded in the drive-by shooting by suspected militants riding a motorcycle.
The officers were travelling to a nearby village to protect vaccination teams when they came under fire.
The attackers fled, and no group immediately claimed responsibility.
Pakistan began a nationwide campaign on Monday to vaccinate 24 million children against polio.
- Who
- Two police officers were killed and a third was wounded. Suspected militants carried out the shooting.
- What
- The officers were shot while travelling to protect polio vaccination teams.
- When
- Tuesday; the articles were published on November 3, 2026.
- Where
- Mohmand district, in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province in northwestern Pakistan.
- Why
- The motive was not stated, and no group immediately claimed responsibility.
This story does not have two clearly opposing sides.
Pakistan began a nationwide campaign to vaccinate 24 million children against polio.
Suspected militants abducted four polio workers in Tank, according to the provincial governor.
Suspected militants shot and killed two police officers and wounded a third in Mohmand.
- Deaths
- 2 police officers
- Wounded
- 1 police officer
- Location
- Mohmand district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province
- Vaccination campaign
- 24 million children targeted nationwide
- Other reported incident
- 4 polio workers abducted in Tank the previous day
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