2 UN workers shot dead in Somalia

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BBC Online :
A British man is one of two United Nations workers who have been shot dead in Somalia, the Foreign Office has said.
They were shot inside Galkayo Airport after getting off a plane, a local security official said.
The attacker was dressed in a police uniform, an airport official added.
Witness Hassan Ahmed said: “One of them died inside the airport and the other one was rushed to hospital where he later died of the injuries.”
The men were working for the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), the UN confirmed.
Nicholas Kay, Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Somalia, condemned the murders, saying: “Our UN colleagues were working in support of the Somali people’s aspiration for a peaceful and stable future.

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