유엔 세계식량계획의 아프리카 케냐 담당 조정관이 매복 공격을 받아 살해됐습니다.
세계식량계획은 오늘 발표한 성명에서 지난 7일 케냐서북쪽, 로키초기오의 유엔 촌에서 사일런스 치라라 조정관이 정체 불명의 괴한이 쏜 총에 맞아 사망했다고 밝혔습니다.
수단 남부에 대한 구호활동의 중심지인 로키초기오 지역에서 세계식량계획 관계자가 살해된 것은 이번이 처음입니다.
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The United Nations World Food Program says the head of its office in northwest Kenya has been ambushed and killed.
In a statement today (Friday), the WFP says Silence Chirara was gunned down late Wednesday near the U.N. camp in Lokichoggio by unidentified gunmen, who then fled.
The statement says at the time, Chirara was driving a clearly marked U.N. vehicle and was just 100 meters from the camp's main gate.
Chirara was the coordinator of the WFP's logistics operation for southern Sudan. The WFP's representative in Sudan (Kenro Oshidari) condemned what he called a "savage" killing, and said U.N. security and Kenyan police are investigating.
This was the first killing of a WFP aid worker in Lokichoggio -- a major hub for relief efforts in southern Sudan.