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Five policemen deployed for polio duty martyred in Bajaur blast
[GEO.TV] At least five police officials were martyred and 24 were maimed Monday in a bomb explosion targeting a police vehicle in Mamund tehsil of Bajaur district, Geo News reported.Police said the cops were going to provide security to polio  ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...vaccination teams. More deaths were feared in the incident, they said. The dear departed and injured have been shifted to Khar hospital, where an emergency was declared, they added. Police said blood donation was sought by the hospital for treatment of the victims. The police spokesperson said all the casualties were police personnel. Pakistain Peoples Party (PPP) Senator Sherry Rehman condemned the attack on the police officials deployed for the security of the anti-polio team in Bajaur. Taking to X, she said the PPP stands in solidarity with the families of the five personnel martyred in the earth-shattering kaboom. "Terrorists have attacked not only the police but also the health of our children. An attack on the security of the anti-polio team should not be tolerated under any circumstances, it is directly related to the health of our children," she said. Related: Bajaur district: 2023-08-27 Resurgence and Realities: Afghanistan’s Shifting Terror Threats Bajaur district: 2023-08-20 2 terrorists killed during intelligence-based operation in KP’s Khyber: ISPR Bajaur district: 2023-08-14 Soldier martyred, four terrorists killed in Bajaur shootout Related: Polio: 2023-12-31 DISASTER: Biden's Border Crisis Could Cause Public Health Catastrophe Polio: 2023-12-04 Poliovirus cases in Pakistan rise to 6 as disease cripples another child in KP Polio: 2023-11-13 Poliovirus cripples another child in Karachi Posted by: Fred 2024-01-09 |
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