Three Sudanese aid workers killed in Blue Nile State

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Monday 09 Feb 2015 - 10:57 Makkah mean time-20-4-1436 Khartoum (IINA) – Three Sudanese aid workers were killed in an attack in the war-torn Blue Nile State while returning from the town of Kurmuk, near the Sudan’s southeastern border with Ethiopia. "Three aid workers from the Sudanese Red Crescent Society were killed in Blue Nile State while returning from the town of Kurmuk after finishing a task related to the distribution of humanitarian aid in the region," Ahmed Mohammed Adam, head of the Humanitarian Affairs Commission, said in a statement obtained by Reuters. He did not say how they were killed but alluded to armed movements in the region in an apparent reference to the rebels there. "The commission condemns targeting the aid workers and calls on the armed movements to respect international humanitarian law and the principle of the protection of aid workers," Adam added. AB/IINA