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Pak blast kills cop

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Press Trust of India Peshawar
A police constable guarding a polio vaccination team was killed and another injured in a bomb attack in this northwestern Pakistani city today, police said.

The incident occurred in Daudzai area on the outskirts of Peshawar.

SHO, Daudzai police station said the Superintendent of Police was near a school inspecting security measures when the bomb went off.

Police said the deployment was for the protection of anti-polio workers whose lives are under constant threat from Islamist militants.

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First Published: Oct 25 2016 | 2:32 PM IST

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