Mother and daughter killed whilst administering polio vaccine in Pakistan

Friday, 19 January 2018 16:00

A mother and daughter have been shot dead in Pakistan as they were administering polio vaccinations.

Sakina Bibi, 38, and her daughter, Rizwana, 16, were providing drops to children in the south-western city of Quetta when two gunmen on a motorcycle opened fire.

Local reports say attacks on vaccination centres by militants have killed scores over the past few years, with some groups claiming the programmes to be Western conspiracies.

No one has yet claimed responsibility for this latest incident.

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