PESHAWAR, Pakistan: Â A remote-controlled blast occurred in Mamond tehsil of Bajaur agency on Wednesday, injuring two Levies personnel assigned to provide protection to a polio vaccination team and a driver.
The official sources said that the blast took place in Dabara area of Mamond tehsil.
The injured persons were shifted to a hospital in Khar for medical treatment.
The blast occurred a day after the militants threatened polio workers of severe consequences if they participate in the polio vaccination campaign in Bajaur tribal agency.
The media reports said that a militant outfit distributed pamphlets in Bajaur’s tehsil Khar area warning polio workers against participating in the anti-Islamic polio vaccination drive, and vowing to attack all those participating in it.
