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Two Red Cross staff shot dead in Yemen

Augustin Sujan || risingbd.com

Published: 12:23, 2 September 2015   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Two Red Cross staff shot dead in Yemen

Risingbd Desk: Two Yemenis working for the International Committee of the Red Cross were shot dead on Wednesday.
They were killed by unidentified gunmen in the northern province of Amran while driving to the capital, Sanaa.


Yemen has been mired in violence since Shiite rebels, known as Houthis, swept down from their stronghold in Saada and captured Sanaa last September. Both Amran and Saada are fully controlled by the Houthis.


Aid agencies have been trying to reach millions of people in Yemen, who lack basic supplies because of the conflict that has been raging there for months.


The killings come just over a week after gunmen raided the ICRC`s offices in the southern port city of Aden.


They held staff at gunpoint and demanded money, vehicles and other equipment.


The attack, one of at least 10 recent security breaches the ICRC has faced in Aden, prompted the organisation to temporarily suspend its local aid operations.


ICRC said that the aid workers - both Yemeni - were driving from Saada province to Sanaa with two colleagues in two vehicles when gunmen stopped them and then opened fire.


One of the workers was killed instantly, while the other was rushed to a nearby hospital where he succumbed to his injuries, she added.


Their two colleagues were unharmed in the attack.


The ICRC`s delegation in Yemen wrote on Twitter that it was "shocked and appalled" by the incident.


Source: Agencies

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