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American diplomat killed in Sudan
Published: 01.02.08, 00:39 / Israel News
An American diplomat was shot and killed early Tuesday by gunmen in a passing car who cut him off as he was being driven home in Sudan’s capital. Sudanese officials insisted it was not a terrorist attack but the US embassy said it was too soon to determine the motive.
John Granville, 33, was an official for the US Agency for International Development, or USAID, working to implement a 2005 peace agreement between Sudan’s north and south that ended more than two decades of civil war. (AP)
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http://edition.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/africa/01/01/american.diplomat/
“Gunman kills U.S. diplomat, driver in Sudan”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) — An American diplomat working toward restoring peace in war-torn Sudan was shot and killed along with his driver early Tuesday as he headed home from a New Year’s party in the Sudanese capital, his family said.
U.S. officials are working with Sudanese authorities to determine whether it was a targeted attack or an isolated incident.
John Granville, 33, was a U.S. Foreign Service diplomat from Buffalo, New York.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “The Sudanese Interior Ministry identified the driver as 40-year-old Abdel Rahman Abbas and said the car was heading to a western suburb of Sudan’s capital, The Associated Press reported. Abbas, who was killed instantly in the attack, was employed by the U.S. Embassy, said Walter Braunohler, a spokesman for the embassy.
Granville died several hours later from his injuries.
Granville’s sister, Katie McCabe, said she believes hospital workers did not notice that her brother had been shot in the stomach — in addition to the hand and shoulder — which caused fatal internal bleeding.”