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Two foreign UN international staff members shot dead in central Somalia
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/04/07/two-foreign-un-international-staff-members-shot-dead-in-central-somalia/
Two foreign UN international staff members shot dead in central Somalia
By Agence France-Presse
Monday, April 7, 2014 6:22 EDT
Two foreign UN workers were shot dead on Monday at an airport in Galkayo, central Somalia, officials and witnesses said.
A United Nations source confirmed the pair were international staff members with the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).
“Two white men have been shot inside the airport as they got off a plane,” local security official Mohamed Mire said. An airport official said the attacker was dressed in a police uniform.
“One of them died inside the airport and the other one was rushed to hospital where he later died of the injuries. Both of them were white men,” said witness Hassan Ahmed.