International Red Cross confirms Swiss killed in Donetsk


  • World
  • Friday, 03 Oct 2014

GENEVA (Reuters) - The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) confirmed that a Swiss staff member was killed on Thursday by a shell that landed close to its office in Donetsk, eastern Ukraine.

"One of our colleagues, a Swiss national, was killed in Donetsk, Ukraine, when a shell hit close to our office. We're deeply distressed by this loss," ICRC spokesman Ewan Watson told Reuters.

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