A Swiss staff member of the International Committee of the Red Cross was killed in an ambush on Wednesday in the Libyan city of Sirte, prompting questions about whether the group will again suspend work in the country as it did in 2012.
Michael Greub, the head of ICRC’s subdelegation in Misrata, was heading back to his car after a meeting when unidentified gunmen shot at him and two colleagues. Greub was founded and later died in a hospital in Sirte. His two colleagues were unharmed but “in shock,” according to ICRC spokesman Wolde Saugeron.
Greub worked in a number of hotspots for the past seven years under ICRC, carrying out missions in Iraq, Sudan, Yemen and Gaza, before taking up the post in Misrata in March.