International Rescue Committee Staff Member Killed in Eastern Niger Village Attack
June 17, 2019
June 17, 2019
NEW YORK, June 17 -- The International Rescue Committee issued the following news release:
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply saddened to report that an IRC staff member and a volunteer were killed over the weekend. Staff member Seydou Zakari was killed on Saturday, June 15 in an attack by an armed group in Tcholori, an eastern village in Niger. The driver of Seydou's vehicle, an IRC contractor, was also killed in the attack. Dan Maiwaina Auwali Samaila, a community . . .
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) is deeply saddened to report that an IRC staff member and a volunteer were killed over the weekend. Staff member Seydou Zakari was killed on Saturday, June 15 in an attack by an armed group in Tcholori, an eastern village in Niger. The driver of Seydou's vehicle, an IRC contractor, was also killed in the attack. Dan Maiwaina Auwali Samaila, a community . . .