Immunisation programme worker shot dead in Swabi

Author: Agencies

SWABI: A technician of the Expanded Programme on Immunisation (EPI) was killed in a gun attack in Swabi while he was returning from work on Saturday.

Police said that Sohail Ahmed, who belonged to Kalu Khan village, was posted at Narnji village, which borders Buner district. He was returning from the village hospital when some men gunned him down and escaped. Police reached the crime scene, cordoned off the area and took the body into custody. A search operation was also conducted but no arrests had been made until the filing of this report. Sohail Ahmed had earlier worked at Rescue 1122 and later joined the Health Department as an EPI technician.

Published in Daily Times, July 2nd, 2017.

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