Red Cross Official Hurt by Cross-Fire
<i> Reuters</i>
GENEVA —
A Belgian Red Cross official was seriously wounded Wednesday when caught in cross-fire in Mogadishu, where a month of clan fighting has caused thousands of casualties, the International Committee of the Red Cross said.
Wim Van Boxelaere, 30, and a Somali were shot as they left the headquarters of the Somali Red Crescent Society, an ICRC spokeswoman said.
Van Boxelaere, a relief administrator from the Belgian Red Cross, suffered a serious gunshot wound, she said, but gave no further details.
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