JUBA, South Sudan — The death toll of an attack on aid workers in South Sudan has risen to seven, with the news that the driver also died.
David Kim Choop was driving the vehicle when he and six aid workers were ambushed and killed on Saturday, March 25th.
The four South Sudanese and three Kenyans worked for a local non-governmental organization called GREDO (Grass Roots Empowerment for Development Organization) and were attacked while on a routine food convoy from Juba, the capital, to Pibor.
The ambush caused the highest number of aid workers killed in a single incident since South Sudan’s civil war began in 2013. At least 12 aid workers have been killed so far this year and at least 79 killed since 2013, according to the U.N.