Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Polio Worker in Northwest Pakistan

Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Polio Worker in Northwest Pakistan
A health worker gives a polio vaccine to a girl on a street in Lahore, Pakistan, on June 27, 2022. Pakistan launched a new anti-polio drive on Monday, with the goal to vaccinate a million children across Pakistan. K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan— Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police escorting a team of polio workers Tuesday during a door-to-door inoculation campaign in a former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, killing two policemen and a polio worker, police said.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in North Waziristan, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. The attack came a day after the government launched another nationwide anti-polio campaign amid a spike in attacks.