Gunmen Kill Pakistani Policeman Guarding Polio Workers

Gunmen Kill Pakistani Policeman Guarding Polio Workers
A health worker administers a polio vaccine to a child in a neighborhood of Lahore, Pakistan, on Jan. 25, 2022. K.M. Chaudary/AP Photo
The Associated Press
Updated:

PESHAWAR, Pakistan—Gunmen shot and killed a Pakistani policeman who was providing security for polio vaccination workers in the northwest on Tuesday, according to police.

The assailants fled the scene, and no one claimed responsibility for the attack in Kohat, local police official Dikdar Khan said. He added that the body of the slain policeman had been transported to a hospital.