One aid worker wounded in Lilongwe
Lilongwe, Central, Malawi International NGO
1 wounded
1 INGO national staff (driver) abducted after stopping by armed men who forced him to drive them. The driver saw a motorcyclist following them and the two men in his vehicle were phoning him giving each other instructions on how to attack the driver and get away with the vehicle. Upon hearing this, the driver decided to stop the vehicle removed the keys and ran away.In the process the robbers tore his shirt and cut him in the head with a knife.When the villagers came out for his rescue, the robbers fled without stealing anything from the vehicle. Means of attack recorded as kidnapping. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 758.
People involved
No names have been released for this case.