IOM Condemns the Killing of Aid Workers Amidst Deteriorating Security Situation in Morobo County, South Sudan
Episode 1039, Oct 30, 2019, 03:31 PM
The International Organization for Migration (IOM) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of three IOM aid workers on Sunday in fighting between armed groups in Morobo County, South Sudan’s Central Equatoria region.
The IOM volunteers, one female and two males, were caught in a crossfire during clashes that broke out in the morning hours of 27 October in Isebi, in Morobo County. Two other male volunteers suffered non-life-threatening injuries, one of whom is recovering from a gunshot wound.
A female volunteer and a four-year-old son of the murdered female aid worker were abducted during the attack. Their whereabouts remain unknown.
IOM’s humanitarians were working in Ebola screening points in border areas between South Sudan, Uganda and Democratic Republic of Congo, tracking the spread of the deadly disease.
IOM Director General António Vitorino has expressed his “great pain and revulsion” at the assaults on civilians.
The UN migration agency has suspended EVD screening at five points of entry sites, namely Isebi, Bazi, Kirikwa, Lasu and Okaba, including operations of flow monitoring points and support to health facilities.