Gunmen kill polio worker during vaccination campaign in Pakistan

Gunmen kill polio worker during vaccination campaign in Pakistan
The campaign was launched on Monday (AP)

Gunmen on motorcycles have opened fire on police escorting a team of polio workers during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in north-western Pakistan, killing an officer and a polio worker, officials said.

No-one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Bajur, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban, according to local police chief Abdul Aziz.

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