GENEVA, April 21 (Reuters) - An humanitarian worker was killed earlier on Friday after his vehicle was hit by crossfire, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement.
“I am deeply saddened by the death of our humanitarian colleague, and join his wife and newborn child, and our team in Sudan in mourning,” said Director-General Antonio Vitorino.
The worker who was travelling with his family near El Obeid, a town southwest of the capital Khartoum, when he was shot, the IOM said. (Reporting by Emma Farge Editing by Madeline Chambers)
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