LAHORE: A polio vaccination worker was injured when an unidentified gunman opened fire on him in Chobarji area of Lahore on Wednesday, officials said.
Health worker Umer Khan Afridi was on regular duty on the final day of the polio vaccination campaign in Lahore when a masked gunman riding a motorcycle opened fire on him in Chobarji area. The bullet hit Afridi in the leg.
According to officials at the Mayo hospital, the condition of the injured health worker was stable and out of danger.
Officials said it was unclear who was behind the shooting.
The DCO Lahore said that the incident appeared to be a result of personal enmity, ruling out the possibility that it was an attack on the polio vaccination campaign in the city. He said that the polio vaccination campaign would continue across the city unaffected.
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