>> reporter: this particular attack took place in a residential area of quetta in a satellite town. this is the third day of an anti polio campaign. under this program 2.4 million children are to be immu nizd. it is a campaign that is across the country. today as the attack took place outside a polio center from where the polio work is set out across the city, luckily numb of the workers were hit, but the police that were guarding the center was the target of attack and according to the police sources, this was a suicide bomber who blew himself up with devastating consequences. it was outer cordon of that perimeter which the police was guarding. we saw the police guarding most of the polio centers >>> you've mentioned the risks that the workers are facing. it's not the first time they have been targeted. why are they being attacked in pakistan? >> reporter: first of all, you have to go back to a fake immunisation program that was to find out about bin laden. this led the groups to say it was an affront. that alienated a lot of the population and that is the pretext under which they

quetta. a government paramilitary trooper were killed. they say the officials were working to help polio workers for a vaccination campaign. militants have targeted immunization teams in pakistan in the past. the taliban says vaccination drives are a front for an attempt to sterilize muslims. no one has claimed responsibility for today )s and let s hear about some of our top stories we )ll see today on newschannel three at four. barbara ciara is live with those. kristen-- tonight we )ll have some trending items that have you shaking your head. like this one-- some high schools want to ban certain chants at basketball games, imagine not hearing the words.... air ball ), we )ll explain he madness. plus,-- a company that invites you to dress like el chapo ), now is-p&that an offer you can refuse? i m barbara ciara, join beverly, kurt, patrick and me coming up on w< will the powerball insanity finally end tonight? you re looking at a live view of people getting tickets at the boarder station in chesapeake -- right at the north carolina line.

the bombing on the outskirts of quetta city killed 12 police, a soldier and a civilian. another 23 people were wounded. the bomb exploded shortly before vaccination teams were due to be dispatched to local neighborhoods as part of a three-day immunization campaign. no one has claimed attack which appeared to be a suicide bombing. for the first time in six months we're seeing mexican drug lord "el chapo" back in a prison outfit. mexican officials have released his new mugshot. it shows "el chapo" with his head shaven and wearing a gray prison shirt. he is now back in the maximum-security prison he escaped from last year. the u-s is fighting to have him extradited on seven drug-related indictments. but a mexican judicial source says it could take more than a year to make a decision about that. italian police say they american artist was murdered in florence. and pictures of the shady nightclub where hours. we all are enjoying lower gas prices but why is it that here in washoe county, prices at the pump are some of the highest in the nation??? "you're watching kolo 8 news n

police in quetta say the blast killed two civilians, 12 police and one paramilitary officer.least 23 people were wounded. the targets appear to be the policemen guarding the polio vaccine workers. the bomb was the latest in a string of attacks against health workers. pakistan and neighboring afghanistan are the only two countries where polio is still endemic. in 2014 the known number of polio cases in pakistan soared to 306, the highest in 14 years, as violence disrupted the campaign to eradicate the disease. >>> authorities in china say they have detained a swedish man who was advocating human rights in the country. the unusual detention of a foreign activist comes as the chinese government continues to crackdown on human rights lawyers and ngos a foreign minister spokesperson made the disclosure on wednesday after reporters questioned him on the whereabouts of the swede. he went missing in china. >> translator: a swedish citizen, peter dolan, has been put under coercive measures in accordance with the law in beijing. on suspicion of engaging in acts that harm china's nation

it targeted security force that were on the way to guard a facility in quetta. they were preparing for a door to door vaccination program. our correspondent is on the line. any word as to responsibility here? >> reporter: no responsibility, claim of responsibility yet. however, this is not the first time that the anti polio campaign has been targeted. of course, this time it was a security forces personnel, dozens of polio workers have been targeted in the past. the attacker targeted the security police compliment that was there to guard the polio center because pakistan has launched an anti polio campaign and today is the third day of that campaign. apparently the center distributes the vaccines from where the polio workers go out and then dispense the polio vaccination to the people around the city, but this time the security forces were the target because they were the outer cordon of that polio process. a suicide bomber approached and then blew himself up with devastating consequences. we are told that the more seriously woupded have been-- wounded have been

the bombing on the outskirts of quetta city killed 12 police, a soldier and a civilian. another 23 people were wounded. the bomb exploded shortly before vaccination teams were due to be dispatched to local neighborhoods as part of a three-day immunization campaign. no one has claimed responsibility for the attack which appeared to be a suicide bombing. for the first time in six months we're seeing mexican drug lord "el chapo" back in a prison outfit. mexican officials have released his new mugshot. it shows "el chapo" with his head shaven and wearing a gray prison shirt. he is now back in the maximum-security prison he escaped from last year. the u-s is fighting to have him extradited on seven drug-related indictments. but a mexican judicial source says it could take more than a year to make a decision about that. officials in california are rejecting volkswagen's recall the proposal was to fix vehicles programmed to trick government emissions tests. the california air resources board said the plan did not meet its standards, and was 'unacceptable.' volkswagen says it co

-backed polio eradication center in quetta, killing 15 pakistani security forces and wounding 24 people. militants have targeted polio campaigns after it was revealed the cia used a fake vaccination program in its effort to locate osama bin laden. turkish authorities have blamed a suicide attack that killed at least 10 people tuesday in istanbul on the self-proclaimed islamic state. most of the attack but films -- victims were german tourists. in iraq, two journalists with the independent al-sharqiya tv station have been shot to death near baquba, the capital of diyala province. saif tallal and his cameraman hassan al-anbaki were reportedly killed while returning from a reporting trip. iraq is among the deadliest countries in the world for journalists. saudi arabia, a close u.s. ally, has arrested a leading human rights activist, marking what -- samar badawi is the sister of blogger raef badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and received 50 lashes in a public square last year. she also campaigned for women's rights and the release of her husband, attorney waleed abu al-khair,

the attack in the city of quetta came as health workers were about to kick off a three-day immunizationn. most of those killed were policemen assigned to escort the vaccination teams. but, local officials vowed to continue efforts to eradicate the disease. >> ( translated ): i, on behalf of the government, want to assure the whole province and the whole country that we will not retreat a single step in this war, not under any circumstances. the polio campaign will continue in the province non-stop and without any interruption. we will try to even make it faster by increasing our resources. >> woodruff: two taliban groups, one with ties to the islamic state group, claimed responsibility for the attack. police in turkey have arrested five people in a deadly suicide bombing in istanbul. the attack yesterday killed 10 germans in the city's main tourist district. germany's interior minister, along with turkey's prime minister, visited the wounded in istanbul today. he said there's no reason for tourists to avoid visiting turkey. u.n. plans for syrian peace talks suffered a setback today. the

killed in a suspected suicide bombing outside a polio vaccination centre in the pakistani city of quetta. police say the attack appeared to be a suicide bombing, but investigations are the bomb exploded outside the polio center shortly before vaccination teams were due to be dispatched to local neighborhoods as part of a three-day immunization campaign. many of the casualties there are thought to be police guarding the clinic. polio workers in pakistan have been the victims of several terrorist attacks in recent years. new this morning... the french navy says it has carried out airstrikes against isis militants in iraq and syria. military officials say those airstrikes come from europe's largest commissioned warship. between 10 to 15 aircraft take off each day as part of the french navy's effort to combat the extremist group. french combat against isis has ramped up following the deadly november terror attacks in paris. frigid temperatures and dangerous wind-chills are hitting the midwest this week. in fargo, north dakota, the high temperature was just two degrees above zero tuesday, wit