One aid worker killed and one wounded in Sanaag

One national staff (a security guard) killed and another national staff (a community mobilizer) wounded when their vehicle stumbled upon an ambush. The INGO they worked for was distributing cash and the money was being delivered by a local money transfer company, known as hawala. The two staff were travelling 70 km behind the hawala and came across the bandits, who had been holding the money transfer staff for almost an hour. Means of attack not recorded. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1031.