Boko Haram kills abducted aid worker
Emergency Digest – Boko Haram terror group have killed one of the six aid workers abducted in July in northeast Nigeria, charity group Action Against Hunger said Wednesday.
The six Nigerian aid workers — one woman and five men were abducted by Boko Haram during an ambush on their convoy close to the border with Niger.
“The armed group holding captive an employee of Action Against Hunger (AAH), two drivers and three health ministry personnel, have executed a hostage,” the Paris-based organisation said in a statement.
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“Action Against Hunger condemns in the strongest terms this assassination and urgently calls for the release of the hostages,” it said, without giving details of the identity of the victim.
The charity group said it was “extremely concerned and is fully mobilised to ensure that the remaining hostages can be quickly and safely reunited with their families”.
Boko Haram recently released a video following the abduction of the female AAH staff member in which she pleads for the release of the hostages with her five male colleagues behind her.
The kidnapping was the latest to target aid workers in the region after the abduction and killing of two female staff for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) last year.
The insurgents have repeatedly attacked military bases and targeted aid workers in northeast.
Via: France24
