4 dead as bomber hits Pakistan police protecting polio teams

By ABDUL SATTAR and MUNIR AHMED
Associated Press

QUETTA, Pakistan (AP) — A suicide bomber has killed a police officer and three civilians from the same family near Quetta, Pakistan, in an attack on workers involved in a polio inoculation drive. Officials said Wednesday that the bomber blew himself up, killed four others and injured nearly two dozen more, mostly police officers. The attack was aimed at a truck carrying police on their way to protect polio workers. A senior police officer said the bombing also damaged a nearby car carrying a family. The Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility without elaborating. The suicide bombing happened two days after Pakistan launched a nationwide anti-polio drive amid a spike in new cases among children.