Monday, August 17, 2009
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Armed men attacked a World Food Programme compound in Somalia overnight, sparking an exchange of fire with security guards in which three attackers were killed, UN officials said Monday.
"The militiamen tried to enter the WFP compound here in Wajid where some foreign UN staff members were staying," a UN official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
"But our security guards confronted them, killing two of the attackers on the spot. A third one died of his injuries moments later," the official said, adding that one of the compound's guards was also wounded in the incident.
The WFP has one of its main storage facilities in Wajid, a town located some 300 kilometres (180 miles) northwest of the capital Mogadishu.
Source: AFP, August 17, 2009