Bombing of Pakistan polio vaccine drive kills 7: police

A bomb targeting police guarding polio vaccinators in western Pakistan killed seven people, including five children on Friday, police said, as the country battles a resurgence of the virus.
The bomb targeted officers in the city of Mastung in Balochistan province as they were travelling in a van to guard medical workers participating in a nationwide vaccine campaign, police said.
“Seven individuals: one police officer, five children and one shopkeeper” were those killed in the attack at the city’s main market, senior officer Abdul Fatah told AFP.
No group immediately claimed responsibility for the blast.
Pakistan and neighbouring Afghanistan are the only countries where polio remains endemic and vaccination teams are frequently targeted by militants waging a campaign against security forces.