Gunmen kill vaccination worker in Pakistan
Islamabad, Safar 25, 1435, Dec 28, 2013, SPA -- At least one health worker was killed and two
people injured on Saturday in an attack by gunmen on a polio
vaccination centre in north-western Pakistan, police said, according to dpa.
The attack targeted a government-run vaccination centre in the
Peshawar, capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, police said.
The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party of former cricketer Imran
Khan, which governs the province, had vowed to continue vaccinations
despite threats by militants who say the measures against the
crippling disease are un-Islamic.
Policeman Ameer Khan said the two injured people were a medical
worker and a woman patient.
Insurgents frequently attack vaccination workers in Pakistan's tribal
areas near the border with Afghanistan.
Two policemen and a health worker were killed two weeks ago in two
separate attacks on polio vaccination teams in the north-west.
Polio is endemic in Pakistan, Afghanistan and Nigeria.
--SPA
13:18 LOCAL TIME 10:18 GMT
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