Sana’a, 21 April 2018 – The United Nations is deeply shocked by the killing of an aid worker from the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) which occurred today in Taizz Governorate. Hanna Lahoud, a Lebanese national in charge of the detention program, was on his way to visit a prison when he was attacked in his vehicle by unknown armed men outside of Taiz, the International Committee of the Red Cross said in a statement. “An attack on humanitarian workers is not only an attack on a humanitarian worker but also on the rights of people affected by conflict to receive assistance and protection,” read a joint statement issued by 15 international aid organizations in response to the attack. In January 2015, a rebel group of Shiite Muslims called the Houthis overtook the presidential palace in Yemen’s capital Sanaa and drove out the US-backed government led by President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi. The United Nations says the conflict has triggered the world's worst humanitarian crisis, with over 22 million people dependent on aid and 8.4 million on the verge of famine.
An International Committee of the Red Cross aid worker is shot dead in Taizz Governorate, Yemen. The United Nations condemns the attack.