Bandits attack Red Cross convoy

NAIROBI

A convoy of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) was attacked by bandits 80 km north of Marsabit in northeastern Kenya as it returned from the Ethiopian border after transporting materials to the Ethiopian delegation of the ICRC. The attackers cut off two trucks to the rear of the police escorted convoy and took personal items belonging to the drivers in an act of "pure banditry," a Red Cross spokesperson told IRIN on Wednesday. The drivers were unhurt and the trucks undamaged in the incident, the agency added.

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