Wednesday, November 26, 2014

Militants Are Targeting Polio Workers In Pakistan

Hospital staff stand near the bodies of anti-polio drive campaign workers who were shot by gunmen, at a hospital morgue in Quetta November 26, 2014. Credit: REUTERS/Naseer Ahmed

Pakistan Gunmen Kill Four Polio Workers In Quetta -- BBC

Four polio vaccination workers have been shot dead and three injured in the south-west Pakistani city of Quetta.

Police said the three female health workers and their male driver were attacked by two gunmen on a motorbike. Anti-polio efforts in the province have been suspended, the authorities say.

The shootings are the latest in a series targeting Pakistani polio teams. No group has claimed responsibility.

Militants say polio teams are spies or that the vaccine causes infertility.

Pakistan is one of only three countries where the disease is still endemic, the others being Nigeria and Afghanistan.

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More News On Militants Targeting Polio Workers In Pakistan

Militants kill four polio workers in Pakistan -- Reuters
Polio Workers Killed, Injured in Pakistan -- WSJ
Attackers kill 4 polio workers in Pakistan -- CNN
Gunmen kill four in Pakistan in latest attack on polio health workers -- Irish Times
Gunmen in Pakistan Kill 4 Members of Anti-Polio Campaign -- NYT

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Simple don't cure polio. Just tell the world and the the people in FATA that you are pulling out and the Taliban own all polio deaths.

Tell the people that if their kid dies that they should kill the nearest Taliban they see. the Taliban needs to know fear. Then we will see where their god is and how much they believe in him.