Thursday, December 20, 2012

Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks

 

A Pakistani female health worker visits Lahore's slums to administer the polio vaccine to infants on Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012 in Pakistan. Gunmen shot dead a woman working on U.N.-backed polio vaccination efforts and her driver in northwestern Pakistan on Wednesday, officials said, raising the number of people killed in the last 48 hours who were part of the immunization drive. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Another victim from attacks on U.N.-backed anti-polio teams in Pakistan died on Thursday, bringing the three-day death toll in the wave of assaults on volunteers vaccinating children across the country to nine, officials said.

Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks
Thu, 20 Dec 2012 09:25:25 GMT

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