One aid worker wounded and one kidnapped in Yei (near)
Yei (near), Yei, Central Equatoria, South Sudan National NGO
1 wounded
1 kidnapped
An ambulance that was driving on the Yei-Lasu road through Lunguru was tailed by an SPLA patrol, which resulted in both the SPLA and the ambulance being shot at by anti-government forces. Reports state that the SPLA soldiers were killed in the attack. The driver of the NGO ambulance was shot in the leg and one of the NGO staff members was kidnapped in the attack. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context ambush. Actor Sudan People's Liberation Army-in-Opposition (SPLA-IO). Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 2191.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.