Two Finnish women working for International Assistance Mission (IAM), a Christian aid charity, were killed by gunmen in Herat in late July, both having worked in Afghanistan since March 1997.
Two men, travelling by motorcycle, shot the women while they were in a taxi. No group immediately claimed responsibility for the attack. The IAM has worked continuously in Afghanistan since 1966 and is well known there as an openly Christian aid organisation that works to capacity build in healthcare and socio-economic development.
Cameroon: pastor killed
World Watch Monitor
Pastor Jean Marcel Kesvere (45) of the Lutheran Brethren Church of Cameroon was kidnapped and killed in late July.
About ten members of security forces were killed in a daring attack targeting military positions at Bargaram on July 24. This assault, carried out by heavily armed men, lasted until July 25. An unknown number of people were abducted, including Pastor Kesvere, whose body was found on July 28 near the small town of Kamouna, 7km from Bargaram.
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