{"id":47195,"date":"2024-01-13T01:24:10","date_gmt":"2024-01-13T01:24:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/policeman-guarding-anti-polio-team-injured-in-firing-incident-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2024-01-13T01:24:10","modified_gmt":"2024-01-13T01:24:10","slug":"policeman-guarding-anti-polio-team-injured-in-firing-incident-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/policeman-guarding-anti-polio-team-injured-in-firing-incident-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman guarding anti-polio team injured in firing incident | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"
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A policeman was injured in firing incident by unknown gunmen in Quetta, officials said on Friday, officials said on Friday.<\/p>\n

According to the police, armed men riding on a motorcycle opened fire at the policeman deputed on the security of polio workers in the Eastern Bypass area.<\/p>\n

Police said that the perpetrators fled the scene after carrying out the attack, adding that an operation has been initiated in the area to arrest the culprits.<\/p>\n

Read more:\u00a0Polio workers to get security cover<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Police said that other members of the polio team remained safe in the firing incident.<\/p>\n

The attack comes during a week-long campaign in Balochistan to administer the polio vaccination to approximately 2.6 million children under five years of age.<\/p>\n

Earlier on Tuesday, two policemen deployed for polio duty were killed and at least three others injured during a gunfight with unidentified armed persons in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa\u2019s Bannu district.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n