Aid worker killed, six missing as gunmen attack NGO convoy in Borno

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One person has been killed and six others are missing after suspected Boko Haram gunmen attacked a convoy of humanitarian workers in Borno State.

The attack on Action Against Hunger, an international nongovernmental organisation, happened on Thursday, but the details have just been made public.

Shaswat Sharaf, the country director of the organisation, said in the statement that the aid workers were on their way to Damasak, a border community 157 km away from Maiduguri. “We are deeply saddened by this tragic incident as these are colleagues dedicated to providing life-saving assistance to individuals and families affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in the northeast of Nigeria.

Action Against Hunger has been actively involved in providing humanitarian services in the areas of nutrition and health, water sanitation and hygiene in most parts of the volatile northeast for quite some times now.

 

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