One aid worker wounded in Abeche
Abeche, Ouara, Ouaddai, Chad ICRC
1 wounded
1 ICRC international staff shot twice by uniformed men in Abeche, Saturday night, 26 July, at 8:20pm. In a two car convoy entering the compound, the ICRC's staff received impact of bullets in the abdomen- was seriously injured and evacuated in Switzerland for further medical care. A laptop has been stolen during the attack. ICRC says that it is an act of banditry, a carjacking that could have been deadly. The staff has been relocated in Abeche and ICRC is not suspending humanitarian activities but will seriously think about the impact of this attack. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 628.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.