SWABI: Unknown gunmen on Friday shot dead two police officials assigned the duties to provide security to a polio team in Swabi, local police said.
Police said that two police officials were on their way on a motorbike on security duty for an ongoing polio vaccination campaign in an area but as they left Swabi town for Topi, unknown motorcyclists intercepted them and opened fire on them.
Resultantly, one police official was killed on the spot whereas the other was critically injured. The injured police official was shifted to Swabi Hospital where he succumbed to his injuries.
Following the attack, security men cordoned off the area and a search operation went underway to apprehend those responsible.
