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Pakistan: One cop killed, four injured in attack on polio team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa

A police constable was killed and four others injured after militants opened fire on a security team protecting a polio vaccination drive in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. The attack occurred in the Chapri Waziran area of Hangu district on the first day of a province-wide campaign

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A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, on Monday. Pic/AP, PTI

A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in Lahore, on Monday. Pic/AP, PTI

A police constable was killed and four other personnel were injured after unidentified militants opened fire on a security contingent deployed to protect a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday. The incident took place in the Chapri Waziran area under in Hangue district on the first day of a province-wide anti-polio campaign. The police team retaliated, and two of the attackers were killed.

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