One aid worker wounded in Tari

A team of NRCS aid workers was robbed and assaulted by armed assailants in Tari. According to police and incident reports seen by the Guardian and confirmed by the security focal point, the group of eight people, including five NRCS staff members, was robbed by five people armed with shotguns and machetes last Friday. They had been traveling to Tari, through Hela province, an area which has seen an escalation in violence in recent weeks. The assailants who appeared agitated and would not listen to explanations of the NRCS reportedly assaulted them and robbed them of clothing and possessions. One staff member was hit with a machete. Means of attack recorded as bodily assault. Context ambush. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 2571.