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US Diplomat Shot Dead in Sudan

USAID official succumbs to injuries in Khartoum

By Kevin Spak,  Newser Staff

Posted Jan 1, 2008 8:22 AM CST
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(Newser) – A US diplomat has died of injuries suffered when he was shot five times early this morning as he rode through the streets of Khartoum, the AP reports. The attack immediately killed his driver. The shooting occurred a day after a joint African Union-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties in Sudan's Darfur region, but it was unclear if the shooting was targeted or random.

Khartoum is considered a relatively violent city. The American official was a humanitarian aid officer with the US Agency for International Development, officials said. He was not immediately identified. He underwent surgery after being wounded in the belly, shoulder, and hand. The driver was a local Sudanese resident. US and Sudanese officials are investigating.

Darfurian children are seen in the Taiba refugee camp in Sudan, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. A joint African-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties in Darfur Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, a long awaited change that is intended to be the strongest effort yet to solve the world's worst humanitarian crisis....
Darfurian children are seen in the Taiba refugee camp in Sudan, Saturday, Dec. 8, 2007. A joint African-United Nations force took over peacekeeping duties in Darfur Monday, Dec. 31, 2007, a long awaited...   (Associated Press)
African Union and United Nations flags fly at a ceremony at the new mission's headquarters outside the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, as the United Nations took partial control of the African Union's peacekeeping mission in Darfur, Sudan Monday, Dec. 31, 2007. But the new mission lacks necessary equipment...
African Union and United Nations flags fly at a ceremony at the new mission's headquarters outside the North Darfur capital of El Fasher, as the United Nations took partial control of the African Union's...   (Associated Press)
A US diplomat was shot dead in Khartoum a day after African Union troops joined United Nations peacekeepers to begin a new mission to provide security in the Darfur region of Sudan.
A US diplomat was shot dead in Khartoum a day after African Union troops joined United Nations peacekeepers to begin a new mission to provide security in the Darfur region of Sudan.   (Associated Press)
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