SWABI: Unidentified armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire and killed two female polio workers in Parmuli area of Swabi district on Wednesday, police said.
During a door-to-door campaign, the polio workers were vaccinating children in Parmuli village where armed men opened fire on them, killing one female polio worker and injuring another. The injured health worker succumbed to injuries at a hospital, officials said.
The female polio workers were busy in vaccination campaign when armed men targeted them and escaped.
The injured polio worker was initially taken to a hospital in Swabi, where from she was shifted to the Lady Reading Hospital (LRH), Peshawar for advanced treatment.
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