Peshawar: In an unfortunate incident a police official was gunned down in district Karak while protecting the polio vaccination team.
According to the Karak Police spokesperson, the attack on a polio vaccination team occurred in Shakar Khel area within the jurisdiction of Teri Police Station.
He said that unknown assailants opened fire on polio team resulting in the martyrdom of a police official and injury to a polio worker.
The martyred official had been identified as Irfan, while the injured polio worker was Asad, a resident of Gurguri.
Upon receiving information about the incident, the District Police Officer, Khan Khail, and a police team immediately reached the scene. The body of the martyred officer and the injured worker were shifted to the hospital.
A large police contingent had cordoned off the area, and started a search operation to apprehend the culprits.