John Granville and Driver
in Sudan
Tuesday, January 01, 2008
An American diplomat [John Granville, 33] 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...
Read this tragic report in full at CNN.com
* Has Video
* AFP.Google.com has this report...
A US official and his driver were killed in a pre-dawn shooting in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on Tuesday but the authorities insisted it was not a terrorist attack... "Early this morning, January 1, 2008, in Khartoum, Sudan, an American officer with the United States Agency for International Development was shot and wounded," the US embassy said in a statement... "A locally employed Sudanese national was killed in the same incident. This afternoon, the American officer succumbed to his injuries and passed away. We are working closely with local authorities to investigate the incident."...
Read the rest at link below...
US official killed in Sudan shooting
* Telegraph.co.uk reports...
US diplomat dies after Sudan shooting
John Granville, mother Jane, pose in this handout photo
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