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Aug. 3 attack may have also killed civilians
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Aug 09, 2017 8:47 AM ET
Last Updated: Aug 09, 2017 8:47 AM ET
Six Red Cross volunteers were killed in an attack on a health centre in southeast Central African Republic on Aug. 3, the aid organization said in a statement Wednesday.
Civilians and medical staff may also have been killed in the attack, by unknown assailants, the Red Cross, but more details were not yet available.
Militia violence has intensified in southeast Central African Republic this year, including attacks on peacekeepers and aid workers, prompting fears of a possible return to large-scale chaos that gripped the country at the peak of a 2013 civil war.
The six volunteers killed were all from Central African Republic and were participating in a crisis meeting at a health centre in the town of Gambo, in the Mbomou prefecture, the Red Cross said.
It was the third attack this year on Red Cross workers in Central African Republic. One included the shooting in June of one worker in the diamond-mining town of Bangassou, about 100 kilometres away.
We are appalled by the news that #RedCross colleagues have been killed in an attack in #CAR. Full statement to follow soon. #NotATarget
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