Worker for Dutch Red Cross and driver are killed in Mali

By BABA AHMED
Associated Press

BAMAKO, Mali (AP) — Two Red Cross employees have been killed in an ambush attack on their vehicle in western Mali. The Malian branch of the aid group said the worker and a driver died Wednesday evening, while two other employees had survived. The Dutch Red Cross said slain worker worked for it but was not a Dutch citizen. The Malian Red Cross strongly condemned the violence and said the vehicle had been cleared marked with the group’s emblem. Witnesses said the gunmen were riding motorcycles when they shot at the vehicle at around 6 p.m. Wednesday in the western Kayes region. There have been growing reports of extremism spreading in the area in recent years.