Breaking News: Shooting Inside MSF Office in Mogadishu

[Jacaylbaro]

Fierce battle ongoing inside MSF office in Mogadishu. One expat, named "Philip", confirmed dead. One other said in critical condition.

 

It is just happening so things are not clear.

 

first reports say it could be a staffing-related issue not Alshabab as feared in the first.

[Jacaylbaro]

By Associated Press,

 

MOGADISHU, Somalia — An official in Somalia says a disgruntled former employee has shot two international workers with the aid group Doctors Without Borders and at least one person has been killed.

 

Ahmed Ali, who works for Doctors Without Borders in Mogadishu, said a Somali employee who was fired on Wednesday shot two workers with the group.

 

A Nairobi, Kenya-based security official said a Somali man wielding a gun attacked the aid workers near a busy junction in the Somali capital.

 

The nationalities of the aid workers weren’t immediately known. The security official spoke only on condition that he was not identified because the information hadn’t yet been released publicly.

 

A Doctors Without Borders spokeswoman said she could not comment on the report.

[Jacaylbaro]

By FARAH ABDI WARSAMEH

AP

 

 

MOGADISHU, Somalia — A disgruntled former employee shot at least two international workers from the aid group Doctors Without Borders at the group's office in the Somali capital, a security guard said Thursday. At least one person was killed.

 

Ahmed Ali, a security guard for the aid group which is known by its initials in French as MSF, said a Somali employee who ran its logistics was dismissed from his job on Wednesday. He returned on Thursday and opened fire, hitting the two aid workers, killing one of them, Ali said. Details were sketchy.

 

A Nairobi, Kenya-based security official said he believed three international workers had been shot. The security official spoke on condition he not be identified because the information hadn't yet been released publicly.

 

The nationalities of the aid workers weren't immediately known.

 

A Doctors Without Borders spokeswoman said she had no immediate comment.

 

Mogadishu is one of the most dangerous locations for aid workers to conduct business. Many groups don't allow international workers to stay in the capital for long and rely primarily on Somali employees. International aid workers face potential attacks from militants and kidnappings for ransom.

[STOIC]

Workplace violence..Shiit happens in America too.....No big deal (of course with sympathy to the victim)

[Cambuulo iyo bun]

nin madaxa logu jiray oo dad dilay waaye waala qabtay hadda

[gooni]

Intii wax laysay soomaliya oo dhan madaxaa looga jiray, marka laga reebo inta baarlamaanka gashay!

laga yaabee asagoo shaqadii laga cayriyay oo dun ku furfuratay inuu arkay ayagoo qoslaya oo mushaarkii soo qaatay ka dibna taayirku qarxay

[Gar-haye]

this an indication that things are getting better in muqdisho. workplace violence happens everywhere in the world. muqdisho is no exception. hopefully the NGO fat-cats in Nairobi don't use this as an excuse not to move to the capital.