Ronan Kelly
Retired 2020
2 Polio Workers Killed in Pakistan
By ISMAIL KHAN
Published: June 16, 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan ? Two volunteers who were assisting in a polio immunization campaign were shot to death on Sunday in the northeastern district of Swabi, the police said.
The incident occurred in the northeast fringes of the district in the hilly Pebani village, when the two volunteers, one a local schoolteacher were killed by two gunmen, the district police officer, Dr. Mian Saeed said.
?The gunmen were on foot. They shot dead the two workers from close range and escaped?, he said. ?Four suspects have been rounded up for questioning.?
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http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/world/middleeast/2-polio-workers-killed-in-pakistan.html?_r=0
Polio volunteers shot dead in Swabi
By Web Desk / AFP Published: June 16, 2013
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.
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http://tribune.com.pk/story/563958/polio-volunteers-shot-dead-in-swabi/
Militants kill two polio vaccinators in Pakistan
Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 15:23
Islamabad: Suspected militants shot and killed two polio vaccinators at Swabi in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the government's vaccination campaign.
The vaccinators were attacked while they administering polio drops to children in Swabi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. This was the second such attack in Swabi.
In January, six women and a man working for a NGO involved in the vaccination campaign were shot dead in the district.
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http://zeenews.india.com/news/south...two-polio-vaccinators-in-pakistan_855409.html
By ISMAIL KHAN
Published: June 16, 2013
PESHAWAR, Pakistan ? Two volunteers who were assisting in a polio immunization campaign were shot to death on Sunday in the northeastern district of Swabi, the police said.
The incident occurred in the northeast fringes of the district in the hilly Pebani village, when the two volunteers, one a local schoolteacher were killed by two gunmen, the district police officer, Dr. Mian Saeed said.
?The gunmen were on foot. They shot dead the two workers from close range and escaped?, he said. ?Four suspects have been rounded up for questioning.?
...
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/17/world/middleeast/2-polio-workers-killed-in-pakistan.html?_r=0
Polio volunteers shot dead in Swabi
By Web Desk / AFP Published: June 16, 2013
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.
...
http://tribune.com.pk/story/563958/polio-volunteers-shot-dead-in-swabi/
Militants kill two polio vaccinators in Pakistan
Last Updated: Sunday, June 16, 2013, 15:23
Islamabad: Suspected militants shot and killed two polio vaccinators at Swabi in northwest Pakistan on Sunday, the latest in a string of attacks targeting the government's vaccination campaign.
The vaccinators were attacked while they administering polio drops to children in Swabi area of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, officials said. This was the second such attack in Swabi.
In January, six women and a man working for a NGO involved in the vaccination campaign were shot dead in the district.
...
http://zeenews.india.com/news/south...two-polio-vaccinators-in-pakistan_855409.html