Gunmen kill 2 cops during polio vaccination drive in Pakistan's Balochistan
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Two police officers were killed by gunmen during a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign in Balochistan, Pakistan. The attackers targeted security personnel safeguarding the health workers, highlighting continuing security challenges that hinder efforts to eradicate wild poliovirus in Pakistan and Afghanistan.
On Tuesday, gunmen in Balochistan province of Pakistan killed two police officers while they were safeguarding a door-to-door polio vaccination campaign. Thankfully, the health workers giving oral vaccine drops escaped without injury. Sadly, this incident highlights the ongoing security challenges that hamper vaccination drives in Pakistan, leaving it and Afghanistan as the last countries grappling with wild poliovirus transmission.