[Iran Press TV Latest] Gunmen in conflict-torn Darfur have attacked a compound belonging to a Swiss aid group, wounding a British employee and looting his belongings. Local media identified the victim as a 40-year-old British man but the aide group, Medair, declined to confirm the report until further inquiry. He was shot in his leg and mugged in Darfur's El-Geneina town Monday, when unidentified assailants stole his laptop and money. His condition is reportedly stable but he remains hospitalized.
The latest assault on foreign aid workers in the western part of the war-ravaged region comes amid a recent surge in attacks and kidnappings. Gunmen still hold captive two staff members of an Irish aid group, an Irish and a Ugandan woman, snatched earlier this month in the North Darfur city of Kutum. Their abduction was the third such kidnapping since March. |