The Theology of Missions

Colombo, Sri Lanka – June 3, 2007 – Two Red cross workers were abducted
and murdered in Sri Lanka.
El Bared refugee camp, Lebanon – June 11, 2007 – Two Lebanese Red Cross
workers were killed and a third wounded.
South Sudan – A driver of the World Food Program was killed in an ambush.
Central African Republic – June 11, 2007 – An MSF logistician was killed when
her car was hit by gunfire during an assessment mission near Paoua.
Algeria – 11 December 2007, 10 United Nations staff died in a double car
bombing in the Algerian capital, Algiers, which killed at least 26 people and
injured 177.
Somalia – December 26, 2007 – A nurse and a doctor working for MSF in
Bossaso were abducted. After one week, they were released.
Burundi – On Monday, December 31, 2007, at 6:30 pm, an Action Against
Hunger vehicle was targeted by shooters in the city of Ruygi in the East of
Burundi. Five people, including three female expatriate staff of Action Against
Hunger, were inside the targeted vehicle. One of them, a French psychologist of
Action Against Hunger, died upon arrival at the hospital in Gitega as a results of
her injuries. The second victim suffered a gunshot wound and underwent surgery
in Gitega. The third Action Against Hunger expatriate escaped uninjured from the
shooting.
2008
Kabul, Afghanistan – January 14 – Six people, including at least one aid worker
from the USA named Thor Hesla, was killed in an attack on the Serena Hotel.
Kandahar, Afghanistan – January 26 – An aid worker and her Afghan driver were
kidnapped in Kandahar and are presumed dead.
Kismayo, Somalia – January 28 – A surgeon, a logistician and a driver working
for Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) were killed when their convoy was attacked
between the hospital and their base.
Chad - May 1, 2008 - The country director of Save the Children UK is shot dead
when his car was attacked near Hadjer Hadid in eastern Chad.
Colombo, Sri Lanka – May 16 – An Batticaloa-based employee of the Norwegian
Refugee Council is abducted while visiting the capital and disappears, presumed
dead.
Arusha, Tanzania – June 30 – An Australian working with the Australian not-forprofit
organisation foodwatershelter was killed during a robbery.
Logar Province, Afghanistan – August 13 – Three female International Rescue
Committee (IRC) workers and their local driver were killed in an ambush as they
drove back to Kabul. One was an American named Nicole
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Somali Region, Ethiopia - September 22, 2008 - A nurse and a doctor working for
Medecins du Monde are kidnapped in Fadhigaradle village and taken across the
border to Somalia. They are released 4 months later.
Merka, Somalia – October 17 – A senior programme assistant for the World Food
Programme (WFP) was shot and killed as he left a mosque.
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