Sudan: Ambush And Shooting of Darfur Aid Workers Sparks Outrage From UN Relief Chief

21 September 2007

New York — United Nations humanitarian officials have deplored yesterday's savage attack in the south of the war-wracked Darfur region in which a convoy of aid workers was ambushed and shot at by unknown gunmen.

Two of eight staff members of the non-governmental organization (NGO) World Vision International travelling in the convoy were shot in the head, while a third staff member was struck in the arm. The other five were hit by glass fragments and shrapnel.

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