Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on Pakistani police𒆙 escorting ꦦa team of polio workers on Tuesday during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in the southwest, killing two police officers before fleeing, police said.
The polio workers were unharmed in the attack on the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of💫 Baluchistan province꧂, local police chief Asif Marwat said.
No one has claimed responsibility, but P🧜akistan's 🍸anti-polio campaigns are regularly marked by violence. Islamic militants often target polio teams and police assigned to protect them, falsely claiming that the vaccination campaigns are a Western conspiracy to sterilise children.
Since Jan𒁃uary, Pakistan has reported only one polio case, raising hopes that the country is close to eradicating the disease.
Pakistan and Afghanistan are the l🦋ast tꦿwo countries in which polio has not been eliminated.
