The attack in the district of Karak in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province came on the second day of a nationwide anti-polio vaccination campaign that Pakistani authorities launched in an effort to eradicate the crippling disease by the end of the year.

The polio workers on the team in Karak escaped unharmed, according to local police officer Irfan Khan. A search for the attackers who fled the scene was underway, he added.

No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. Pakistan regularly launches polio drives. It had hoped to eliminate polio back in 2018, when only 12 cases were reported.

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India	Cases: 34 321 025 Deaths: 459 652 Recovered: 0
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