Islamabad: At least three people were injured on Wednesday in a bomb attack by militants at a polio vaccination team in Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, official said.
Three anti-polio campaign members were hit by a remote-controlled blast in Mamond area of Bajaur in Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), one of the seven districts where Taliban is active.
An official from the political agent office said that the injured were shifted to a hospital in the town of Khar where they were said to be in stable condition.
The attack came just a day after militants had openly threatened anti-polio workers of targeted attacks if they continue to participate in the ongoing polio drive.
Pamphlets were distributed in different areas of Bajaur tribal region yesterday threatening the polio workers.
Militants in Pakistan’s tribal region are vehemently opposed to anti-polio medicine and often see it as a conspiracy by the west to sterile Muslims.
As many as 207 children in Pakistan have already been infected by the crippling virus in 2014, with an overwhelming 96 per cent cases reported from the tribal regions of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and FATA. (PTI)
