World in brief: September 11, 2024
PAKISTAN: Gunmen on motorcycles opened fire on polio workers and their escort during a door-to-door vaccination campaign in north-western Pakistan today, killing an officer and a polio worker, police said.
No-one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack in Bajur, a district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province and former Pakistani Taliban stronghold, according to local police chief Abdul Aziz.
Pakistan’s Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi issued a statement condemning the attack.
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