One aid worker killed and three wounded in Lyria-Nesitu Junction Road
Lyria-Nesitu Junction Road, Torit, Eastern Equatoria, South Sudan International NGO
1 killed
3 wounded
An INGO vehicle was ambushed on the Lyria, Nesitu Junction road in Central Equatorial, South Sudan. The unknown armed assailants killed one local INGO worker (medic) and seriously wounded an additional international and two national staff members while they were travelling in Nesitu on their way to Nimule. The motive and perpetrators of the attack are unknown but it was reported that the team was withdrawing from anti-government forces that were approaching the area. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context ambush. Actor Not applicable. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 2200.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.