Shooting Documented

Two aid workers wounded in Tomping

Tomping, Juba, Central Equatoria, South Sudan International NGO
2 wounded

One INGO international aid worker and one national staff person were injured when their car was carjacked by a group of armed men. The aid worker was returning to his compound when the attack occurred at the gate of the compound. As the armed men were fleeing in the vehicle they stole, they indiscriminately shot rounds at the compound, hitting the INGO worker in the leg and the driver in the neck, both who have received medical attention for their wounds and will recover. Means of attack recorded as shooting. Context ambush. Actor Not applicable. Source: Aid Worker Security Database, incident 1902.

People involved

No names have been released for this case.