Soldier killed in attack on polio team in NW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, May 31 (Xinhua) -- A Pakistani soldier was killed in firing by unknown terrorists in Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on Wednesday, an army statement said.

The incident happened in North Waziristan district where the terrorists attempted to disrupt the ongoing polio eradication campaign by firing on the members of the polio team, the military's media wing Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said in the statement.