Gunmen kill polio worker in Pakistan
Gunmen shot dead a female anti-polio worker in northwest Pakistan yesterday, police said, the latest in a series of deadly attacks on vaccination teams.
The two attackers on a motorbike opened fire on the team as they went to administer polio drops on the edge of the city of Peshawar where the military has been battling homegrown insurgents with links to the Taliban.
No one has claimed responsibility for the killing. But last year the Pakistani Taliban banned polio vaccinations in the tribal region of Waziristan, alleging the campaign was a cover for espionage.
Meanwhile, attackers shot dead a lawyer and his two sons aged 12 and 15 in Karachi in a suspected sectarian attack, police said, the latest in a wave of violence against Shia Muslims.
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