Statement by Commissioner Janez Lenarčič on the abduction and killing of humanitarian health workers in Somalia

Commissioner for Crisis Management, Janez Lenarčič, has issued the following statement:

The EU strongly condemns the abduction and killing of seven Somali humanitarian health workers and another Somali national in an attack on an NGO-run Mother and Child health clinic in the Middle Shabella region, Somalia, on 27 May.

We join the humanitarian community in expressing our condolences with the victims and their families.