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| Policeman killed in attack on polio team |
| 2013-04-11 |
| PESHAWAR: A policeman was shot dead and another was wounded on Wednesday while escorting a polio vaccination team in Mardan, local officials said. The polio campaigner remained safe in the attack, according to the police. “Some unidentified armed men opened fire on policemen guarding the polio team in Mosam Koruna area in Mardan, leaving one police personnel dead and another wounded,” the police told media in Mardan. The wounded cop was rushed to the nearby hospital where his condition was stated to be stable. Attacks on polio teams in Mardan have left several cops and aid workers dead in the recent past. No one has claimed responsibility for the killings, but the Pakistani Taliban last year banned polio vaccinations in the tribal region of Waziristan, alleging the campaign was a cover for espionage. Wednesday’s killing happened in the Parhoti neighbourhood of Mardan on the second day of a three-day local anti-polio campaign. “One policeman was killed and other was wounded when two armed men riding a motorbike opened fire on the team comprising two females and one male member,” senior local police official, Tahir Ayub told AFP. |
| Posted by:Steve White |