Five police officers killed after bomb attack in Pakistan

Published at: 08/01/2024 11:22 AM

A bomb attack in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, in northern Pakistan, left at least five police officers and 22 injured, while guarding a polio vaccination team in the town.

A senior government official from the district of Bajaur, quoted by TELESUR on its website, reported that the vehicle in which 25 police officers were traveling was hit by a bomb, so local authorities launched an investigation to determine the nature of the explosion. Officials were on their way to a health center to help start the national campaign against polio.

Pakistan and Afghanistan are the only two countries where polio remains endemic and armed attacks by groups against vaccinators and their escorts have been one of the main obstacles in the fight against the disease.

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