One policeman martyred, another injured in attack on polio team in Tank

TANK, Dec 11 (SABAH): A police official was martyred while another received injuries as a result of an attack on a polio team by unknown assailants in Tank district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, on Saturday.

The police team along with the personnel of the Frontier Corps (FC) was deployed for the security of polio workers, administering anti-polio drops, who have come under frequent attacks in past.

Police said that the attackers riding on a motorcycle attacked the security personnel, killing one cop and wounding another. The injured cop was rushed to the hospital, the police said, adding that the attackers managed to flee the scene.

In a statement, KP CM Special Assistant Barrister Muhammad Ali Saif condemned the attack on the polio team. Muhammad Ali Saif said the anti-polio drive will continue despite these attacks, adding that sacrifices of the police and health officials will not go in vain.

According to the CM’s aide, the culprits behind these attacks were the enemy of the country and the nation.