At least four police personnel were injured after unidentified militants opened fire on a police contingent deployed to protect a polio vaccination team in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Monday (April 13, 2026), police said.
The incident took place in the Chapri Waziran area under the jurisdiction of Thall police station in Hangue district, where security officials were on duty during an ongoing anti-polio campaign.
According to police, the attackers targeted the police party with gunfire, injuring four personnel, including the Additional Station House Officer (SHO) of Thall. Three other injured policemen were affiliated with the Police Training College in Hangu.
The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment, officials said.
Security forces later cordoned off the area and launched a search operation to track down the assailants.
