Gunmen kill 2 police officers assigned to protect polio workers in Pakistan

The gunmen killed two police officers who were assigned to protect three polio vaccination workers in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday. The incident occurred as health workers were administering vaccines in a remote region of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Local officials stated that the attack took place in a village near the border with Afghanistan, where there have been ongoing security concerns and sporadic militant activities. According to sources at the scene, one police officer was killed on the spot while another died later due to his injuries. The killings come amid efforts by health …