Friday, December 23, 2011
A Somali town elder says three aid workers have been killed in central Somalia.Mataban
town elder Mohamud Sheik Abdi says the three Somalis were shot and
killed Friday morning as they returned from a camp for displaced
families.
A Nairobi-based security official says two of the aid
workers were working for the U.N.'s World Food Program and one worked
for a local aid agency. The official was not authorized to be quoted by
name.
A WFP spokeswoman said she could not immediately comment.
The
Islamist fighters who rule much of the country's southern and central
regions last month barred 16 aid groups from operating in areas under
their control. The militants accused aid groups of espionage or
anti-Islamic activities.
Somalia hasn't had a fully functioning government since 1991.