Four polio workers kidnapped in Tank

DI KHAN:

Four polio workers were abducted by unidentified armed men after being subjected to gunfire in the Tank district, while two other members of a polio vaccination team, who had been kidnapped in Lower South Waziristan, were subsequently released.

According to details, the incident in Tank occurred in the village of Jious, located in the Sheikh Attar union council, where unidentified armed men abducted four polio workers. Police sources said the gunmen took all four workers to an undisclosed location.

Police launched an investigation into the incident following the abduction. However, further details about the identity of the perpetrators and the whereabouts of the kidnapped workers were not immediately available.

In a separate incident, two members of a polio vaccination team were abducted by armed men in the Azam Warsak area of Lower South Waziristan.

Sources said armed men affiliated with the proscribed Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were allegedly involved in the kidnapping. However, both polio workers were later released.