Six women aid workers and a male doctor shot dean by gunmen
Gunmen removed child from vehicle, shot adults and put child back
160 aid staff have suspended work following the killings

Six female aid workers and a male doctor were shot dead by gunmen in Pakistan yesterday in an attack believe to be linked to the recent murders of polio vaccination workers.

A child travelling in the vehicle was removed from the vehicle by the gunmen and replaced once the adults had been executed.

District police officer Abdur Rashid Khan said their vehicle was targeted as they returned home from work at a children's community centre run by Pakistani charity Ujala, or Light.

The shooting in Swabi district, about 75km northwest of the capital of Islamabad, was the first attack on aid workers in the area and has been linked to their work administering polio vaccinations.

The victims worked at the centre for aid agency Support With Working Solutions, whose head Javed Akhtar said they had told their other 160 staff to suspend work following the killings.

It had run a school and dispensary in Swabi and helped vaccinate children against polio, a disease that can cripple or kill within hours of infection.

Mr Akhtar said: 'This seemed to be part of the campaign against the polio drive by certain anti-polio elements.'

Two weeks ago, gunmen killed nine health workers taking part in a national polio vaccination drive in a series of attacks.

American agents who tracked and killed Osama Bin Laden last year used a polio vaccination campaign as cover while they carried out their mission.

It has since giving the Taliban reason to distrust anyone linked to the anti-polio campaigns,

The charity organisation is involved in health education in underdeveloped parts of the country, Mr Akhtar said.

Their driver was seriously wounded in the attack.

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It has since giving the Taliban reason to distrust anyone linked to the anti-polio campaigns,


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