Gunmen in Pakistan shoot dead seven aid workers near capital

Injured driver who survived a shooting by unidentified gunmen in Swabi, arrives at the Lady Reading Hospital in PeshawarPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Gunmen ambushed and shot dead six Pakistani women aid workers and a male doctor on Tuesday, police said, and the charity they worked for said it suspected the attacks were linked to recent murders of polio vaccination workers. Their vehicle was raked with gunfire as they returned home from work at a children's community center run by Pakistani charity Ujala, or Light, said district police officer Abdur Rashid Khan. Their driver was seriously wounded in the attack. …

Three more polio workers shot in Pakistan; eight dead in 48 hours

An anti-polio drive campaign worker, Hilal Khan, who was shot and badly injured by unidentified gunmen, lies at Lady Reading Hospital in PeshawarPESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) – Three workers in a polio eradication campaign were shot in Pakistan on Wednesday, and two of them were killed, the latest in an unprecedented string of attacks over the past three days that has partially halted the U.N.-backed campaign. The United Nations in Pakistan has pulled all staff involved in the campaign off the streets, spokesman Michael Coleman said. The government said immunization was continuing in some areas without U.N. support although many workers refused to go out. …

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