French aid worker seized in Chad - ICRC
PARIS, Nov 10 (Reuters) - A Frenchman working for the International Committee for the Red Cross (ICRC) has been seized by armed men in eastern Chad, the aid group said on Tuesday.
Laurent Maurice, 37, was kidnapped on Monday evening, said Anna Schaaf, the ICRC spokesperson in Geneva. He had been in Chad since the start of the year and was monitoring the latest harvests in the African state.
The ICRC had no further details about his disappearance.
Maurice was the second French citizen working for the ICRC to be kidnapped in Africa in recent weeks.
Gauthier Lefevre was captured in Sudan's Darfur region on Oct. 22 in the latest in a wave of abductions targeting foreign workers and aimed at raising big ransoms.
Schaaf said Lefevre was still in the hands of his captors. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Jon Boyle)
Laurent Maurice, 37, was kidnapped on Monday evening, said Anna Schaaf, the ICRC spokesperson in Geneva. He had been in Chad since the start of the year and was monitoring the latest harvests in the African state.
The ICRC had no further details about his disappearance.
Maurice was the second French citizen working for the ICRC to be kidnapped in Africa in recent weeks.
Gauthier Lefevre was captured in Sudan's Darfur region on Oct. 22 in the latest in a wave of abductions targeting foreign workers and aimed at raising big ransoms.
Schaaf said Lefevre was still in the hands of his captors. (Reporting by Crispian Balmer; Editing by Jon Boyle)
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