Unknown militants kill five anti-polio campaigners including four women in Karachi

Tuesday, December 18th, 2012 1:46:54 by

In another setback to the country’s polio eradication efforts, at least five anti-polio campaigners, four of them women, were gunned down in Karachi in an hour in two separate incidents on Tuesday.

 

Reports said two women campaigners were on their duty in Gulshan-e-Buner area of Landhi when they were shot at and killed. Only after a short while, two more workers were fired upon and killed in Korangi no. 11 by unknown militants.

 

The dead bodies have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital for post-mortem. The incident has panicked and horrified people of these areas, while security officials have reached the site of the tragedy.

 

It may be mentioned here that a male polio campaigner was shot at and critically injured in the city and later succumbed to his injuries Monday, bringing the death toll since the inception of the drive to five.

 

In another incident, a woman anti-polio campaigner has been killed while two male workers injured in an attack by motorcycle riders in Baldia Town, Karachi. In the meantime, a lady health-worker was injured as she received gun shots from unknown people in Mathra, Peshawar.

 

It is vital to mention here that a female worker of the anti-polio campaign was also killed in Peshawar which prompted the WHO to suspend its drive in this city too.

 

Earlier, a foreign doctor working on a polio immunisation campaign under the banner of United Nations along with his  local driver in Sohrab Goth area of the were killed some three months ago.

 

In the immediate effect, World Health Organization halted the drive in the province. Following the attacks, Provincial Health Minister Dr Sageer Ahmed issued a statement which said that the WHO polio drive had been stopped in Karachi.

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