Aid worker killed

A CARE International employee, engineer Sueb Mohamed Hussein was shot dead on Sunday in Balad, several kilometres north of Mogadishu on his way to assess food-for-work projects in the middle Shabelle region, CARE spokesperson Wendy Driscoll told IRIN on Thursday. “We are very sad at the loss and think that it is just another tragic illustration of the risks relief workers face in providing assistance in Somalia,” she said. She however said that CARE is sure this incident was “bad luck” and had nothing to do with it as an organisation. “It was not a direct attack at us,” she clarified. “But it clearly shows how the area is a very dangerous place to work in,” Driscoll added. CARE has asked the Somalia Aid Coordination Body (SACB) to investigate and respond to the incident.