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Crisis/Conflict/Terrorism Pakistan: Unknown gunmen attack policeman who was protecting polio vaccination team
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 11 Dec 2021, 05:34 am Print
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Tank: Unknown gunmen attacked a policeman who was assigned to protect a polio vaccination team in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa's Tank, media reports said on Saturday.
The incident took place in Tank, Dera Ismail Khan district of KP, when armed men on a motorcycle attacked the polio security team, killing one security official and injuring another, reports Geo News.
The armed men fled the scene, and a police search operation to find them is underway, DPO Sajjad Ahmed told Geo News.
The body of the martyred security personnel has been shifted to hospital.
Banned terror group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) claimed that its fighters attacked the polio team in Tank.
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