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Unidentified armed men in western Mali killed two Red Cross workers on Wednesday, the global humanitarian organisation said on Thursday.
Armed men on motorcycles opened fire on the vehicle in the region of Kayes, the Malian Red Cross said in a statement.
The driver, a Malian and a staff member of the Netherlands Red Cross were killed, it said, while two colleagues survived the attack.
“The International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement is deeply concerned about the worsening security situation in the Sahel region,” the statement said. “This violence, and the specific targeting of humanitarian workers, makes it hard for Red Cross teams to provide the needed assistance to vulnerable communities in the region.”