U.S. diplomat killed in Sudan
A U.S. diplomat was killed as he returned from a New Year's Eve party in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum.
Wednesday, 02.01.2008.
12:22
A U.S. diplomat was killed as he returned from a New Year's Eve party in the Sudanese capital of Khartoum. The attack also left his driver dead. U.S. diplomat killed in Sudan The Sudanese government said John Granville, 33, was near his home when 17 shots were fired from another car, The New York Times reported. Granville was on his way home from the British Embassy. Walter Braunohler, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, said Granville died at a hospital a few hours after he was wounded. While Braunohler said it was too early to say whether Granville was killed by terrorists, Sudanese officials described the attack as well-planned. Officials said another car blocked Granville's and two men got out, one firing at the diplomat and the other at his driver, identified as Abdel Rahman Abbas, a Sudanese employee of the U.S. embassy. Relatives said Granville first went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and also had received a Fulbright fellowship. He then went to work for the U.S. Agency for International Development, first in Kenya and later in Sudan.
U.S. diplomat killed in Sudan
The Sudanese government said John Granville, 33, was near his home when 17 shots were fired from another car, The New York Times reported. Granville was on his way home from the British Embassy.Walter Braunohler, a spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Khartoum, said Granville died at a hospital a few hours after he was wounded.
While Braunohler said it was too early to say whether Granville was killed by terrorists, Sudanese officials described the attack as well-planned.
Officials said another car blocked Granville's and two men got out, one firing at the diplomat and the other at his driver, identified as Abdel Rahman Abbas, a Sudanese employee of the U.S. embassy.
Relatives said Granville first went to Africa as a Peace Corps volunteer in Cameroon and also had received a Fulbright fellowship.
He then went to work for the U.S. Agency for International Development, first in Kenya and later in Sudan.
0 Komentari
Možda vas zanima
16.700 vojnika raspoređeno: Počelo je...
Filipinske i američke trupe počele su danas vojne vežbe "Balikatan" u Filipinima, koje će trajati do 10. maja, a uključivaće i pomorske vežbe u Južnom kineskom moru, na čije teritorije polažu pravo i Kina i Filipini.
12:24
22.4.2024.
1 d
Rat – dan 788: Bitka na Krimu; Ukrajinci pogodili najstariji ruski brod
Rat u Ukrajini – 788. dan. Ukrajinska vojska je tokom prethodnog dana gađala ciljeve u ruskim oblastima Belgorod i Smolensk pri čemu su poginule dve osobe, povređeno je nekoliko ljudi i uništeno je skladište goriva.
23:42
21.4.2024.
1 d
Ako samo jedan sistem stane, ceo svet ode dođavola, a počeo je da usporava
Severnoatlantska meridijanska struja (AMOC) usporava brže nego što se mislilo i približava se tački bez povratka, a posledice za ceo svet biće teške, upozprava okeanograf.
8:30
22.4.2024.
1 d
Svemir im donosi poklone: Srećna faza za 3 znaka počinje 24. aprila
Svaki pun Mesec nosi različite energije koje jedinstveno utiču na naše živote i sudbine.
22:00
22.4.2024.
1 d
Tripl-dabl Jokića, Marej pogodio uz zvuk sirene za pobedu! VIDEO
Košarkaši Denver Nagetsa poveli su 2-0 protiv Los Anđeles Lejkersa nakon dramatične druge utakmice u Koloradu!
6:42
23.4.2024.
15 h
Komentari 0