PESHAWAR: A policeman was killed and another sustained injuries when unidentified miscreants opened fire on an anti-polio vaccination team on Kohat Road near Garhi Qamardin on Saturday.

The anti-polio campaign was halted after the attack as the volunteers refused to continue administering vaccine to the children fearing more attacks.

A police official said two policemen, Zakirullah and Yaqoob, were guarding an anti-polio vaccination team in Gulshanabad near Garhi Qamardin when they came under attack.

Both the policemen sustained bullet injuries and were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital where Zakirullah lost his battle for life.

Police carried out a search operation in the area immediately after the attack. However, no suspect was arrested.

Funeral prayers for the slain cop were offered at the Malik Saad Shaheed Police Lines. Capital City Police Officer Ijaz Ahmad, Commissioner of Peshawar Munir Azam and others attended the funeral prayers.

A total of 28 people have so far been killed in attacks on polio teams all over Pakistan. Among them 17 were killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa alone.

Around 2,200 policemen have been guarding the anti-polio teams during the vaccination campaign in Peshawar.

Earlier, on Saturday morning, a young man Said Gul was injured when an improvised explosive device exploded close to a filling station in Baghbanan village falling in the jurisdiction of the Urmar Police Station in rural Peshawar. The wounded man was taken to the Lady Reading Hospital where he was stated to be in critical condition.

