Pakistan reports 9th death in polio team attacks
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Members of the All Pakistan Lady Health Workers Welfare Association attend a protest against the killing of anti-polio drive campaign workers, in Islamabad Dec 19, 2012. Three workers in a polio eradication campaign were shot in Pakistan on Wednesday, and two of them were killed, the latest in an unprecedented string of attacks over the past three days that has partially halted the UN-backed campaign. The signs read, "Injustice, injustice, injustice, lady health workers are getting killed for helping people" (left) and "Is the government sleeping, the murder of innocent people is occurring without question?" (right). -- PHOTO: REUTERS
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistani officials say another victim from attacks on UN backed anti-polio teams has died, bringing the three-day toll to nine.
Health official Janbaz Afridi says 20-year-old Hilal Khan died on Thursday, a day after he was shot in the head in the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Since Monday, gunmen had launched attacks in across Pakistan on teams vaccinating children against polio. Six women are among the nine anti-polio workers killed in the vaccination campaign jointly conducted with the Pakistani government.
The UN has suspended the drive until a government investigation is completed.
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