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Attack on polio team in Quetta, minor girl injured

A polio team was attacked on Sunday, injuring four people including a minor girl.

According to police, the polio team was administering vaccines to children in Pashtoonabad when militants threw a hand-held bomb at them which blasted and injured a five-year-old girl and a lady health worker. Two more persons sustained injuries.

The wounded, including the minor girl were immediately rushed to the hospital.

The attack also led to partial damage of a nearby house.

A polio campaign is under-way in Balochistan for the last four days.

 

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