One aid worker killed in Marka
Marka, Lower Shabelle, Somalia United Nations
1 killed
1 UN national staff guard was killed while helping repulse a new pirate attack on a ship that had just delivered UN food assistance to the Somali port of Merka. As a result, the agents of a UN-contracted vessel this morning refused to allow the ship loaded with food to sail for Somalia. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context raid. Actor Pirates. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 539.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.