Policeman escorting polio workers killed in Pakistan

Peshawar: Unidentified gunmen shot dead a police constable escorting a team of polio workers in northwest Pakistan’s restive Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Sunday.

The constable was killed by the gunmen riding a motorcycle while he was joining the polio workers in the tribal district of Dhal Behzadi of Kohat district, about 75 kilometres south of provincial capital Peshawar.

Members of the



vaccination party are said to be safe. No group has yet taken responsibility for the attack.

Police teams rushed to the area and started a cordon and search operation for the attackers.

Chief Minister Mehmud Khan condemned the attack and vowed to nab the perpetrators.Such acts of cowardice cannot deter our resolve to wipe out this crippling disease, he said.