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KARAK: A polio vaccination team came under attack in the Latamber area of Karak district on Tuesday, resulting in the death of a police constable while the health workers remained unhurt.
Police sources said that Constable Junaidullah Khan was on security duty with the polio vaccination team when attackers opened fire on them. As a result, Junaidullah was killed on the spot.
The attack came on the second day of a five-day national immunisation drive.
The attackers escaped while taking away the official gun of the constable, sources said.
Police and personnel of Rescue 1122 shifted the body of Junaidullah to hospital for post-mortem. An FIR about the incident was registered at Latamber police station against unidentified assailants.
Cop martyred in attack on polio vaccine team in KP
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ISLAMABAD: A police officer was martyred in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Tuesday when a polio vaccination team he was escorting was attacked in a drive-by shooting.
The attack in Karak, marked the second day of a five-day national immunisation drive. State media reported that the policeman was a constable, and specified the location of the attack at Takht Nusrati, situated on the area bordering Bannu and Karak districts.
“A policeman escorting a polio team came under attack. they came on a motorcycle and opened fire from the back,” said Naqeeb Khan, a police official in Karak. “The policeman was killed on the spot,” he told AFP. Another senior police official in the town confirmed details of the incident.
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