A U.S. government aid official was critically wounded in a shooting attack on an embassy vehicle in Khartoum on Tuesday and his Sudanese driver was killed, Western diplomatic sources said. "What we have heard is that a driver and a U.S. official, sometime a little after midnight, were heading home. The driver was shot and died on the spot and the U.S. official was shot and critically injured," one of two diplomatic sources told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
Both sources identified the U.S. official as an American man working for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Khartoum, but could not immediately give his full name. The driver also worked for USAID, they said. "The American man is now in hospital ... and needs blood. He lost so much blood," the second source said, adding that the man remained in Khartoum.
Al Arabiya television reported that the shooting was in a main street in the capital Khartoum, and said the U.S. official had been shot in the chest. It said there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
I wasn't sure whether to put this on page 1, since Islamist connections are not clear. If this gets moved to another page, I will make note of it for future reference.
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