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ISLAMABAD: Two policemen and a polio worker were killed in an attack on Tuesday in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, police sources said.
“Unknown gunmen opened fire at the polio team and fled the scene. A kid who was receiving drops also got injured in the attack,” according to the local administration.
In the surrounding area of Tang Kalli tehsil Dattakhel, unidentified assailants opened fire and killed two policemen and one polio worker, while one civilian was injured.
The deceased were identified as constable Raza Ullah, a resident of Darri Wasta tehsil Dattakhel, constable Din Shaheed, a resident of Kani Rogha Manzar Khel tehsil Dattakhel, and polio worker Rasheed Ullah, a resident of Tang Kalli tehsil Dattakhel.
The sources added that the security had been put on high alert in the area after the attack, and a search operation was underway to arrest the fleeing militants.
The incident comes as Pakistan, last week, recorded a new case of poliovirus in an eight-month-old boy from North Waziristan’s Mir Ali Union Council (UC) 7. The country-wide toll from polio for 2022 rose to 11 after the new case.