Pakistani Police Officer Killed In Attack On Polio Vaccine Team

RFE
27 May 2025, 16:34 GMT+10

A Pakistani police officer was killed when gunmen opened fire on a delegation of health workers carrying out a polio vaccination drive in the volatile Balochistan Province.

Police said the officer, who was part of the security detail escorting the health workers on the second day of a door-to-door campaign, died in the town of Nushki on May 27, local media reported.

No health workers were harmed and no one has claimed responsibility for the attack. Polio teams have frequently been targeted by insurgent groups. Both the Pakistani Taliban and Islamic State militias are active in the region.

The Dawn newspaper quoted President Asif Ali Zardari as saying he condemned the attack and saluted polio vaccine officials who [inspire] us all to save our children from this crippling disease.

Pakistan is one of two countries in the world -- Afghanistan is the other -- where the deadly polio virus has not been eradicated. Balochistan Province borders Afghanistan and Iran in southwestern Pakistan.

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