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WFP protests looting of food aid

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    WFP today said some 2,300 mt of its food supplies were looted during the rebel attack on Freetown. In a statement received by IRIN, WFP said the looting of the food aid will make it difficult to meet urgent needs in the country. The statement said the identity of the looters was not yet know but WFP suspected that the looting was carried out by rebel elements and some civilians. Until yesterday, it had not been possible, for security reasons, to reach WFP’s stores in eastern Freetown. “Once again our food stores and property have been the target of people who have no respect for humanitarian principles,” WFP Regional Manager Paul Ares said in the statement.

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