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Bomb kills five police from Pakistan polio protection team: officials

GreenWatch Desk Hate campaign 2024-01-08, 2:54pm

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(BSS/AFP) - A bomb targeting a polio protection team in northwestern Pakistan Monday killed at least five police officers, officials said.

"A police truck transporting around 25 policemen for anti-polio campaign duties was targeted by an IED (improvised explosive device)," Anwar ul Haq, a senior government official in Bajaur district, told AFP.