QUETTA: Two policemen escorting a polio vaccination team were martyred on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on them in Quetta’s Nawa Killi area, police said.
The attack comes on the first day of a week-long campaign to administer the polio vaccination to approximately 2.6 million children under five years of age in Balochistan.
Zarghoonabad Station House Officer (SHO) Asif Marwat confirmed the casualties. He identified the deceased as constable Shaukat Ali and Syed Muhammad.
The SHO said that members of the polio team did not sustain any injuries in the attack but added that the polio campaign in Nawa Killi and its surrounding areas had been suspended.
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