Three aid workers killed in Khor Adar

A UN contracted truck was commandeered by the SPLA in Khor Adar with demands to transport troops to Akoka. The location of the truck, two staff members and a contracted driver is unknown, but they were on-route to a relief distribution site in Melut with supplies when intercommunal fighting occurred along the road. Update (August 24, 2015): The organization made a statement confirming that the staff members have been presumed dead. Means of attack recorded as kidnap-killing. Context ambush. Actor Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA). Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1964.