Jun 16, 2013

Gunmen on a motorbike shot dead two health workers during an anti-polio drive in northwest Pakistan.

Polio volunteers shot dead in Swabi.

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SWABI: The anti-polio campaign in the country received another blow when two volunteers were killed in Topi, Swabi during an attack on a polio team, Express News reported on Sunday.
 
“Gunmen on a motorcycle shot dead two health workers who were administering anti-polio drops to children in the area,” district police chief Mian Saeed told AFP.

The victims, both male, had refused to take security personnel along, he added.