Shot diplomat back in SA
8 December 2009, 08:49
By Thomas Hubert
Kinshasa - South African diplomat Maryse Ash, who was shot and wounded on Friday by soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo, was flown to South Africa for treatment on Sunday.
The embassy's second secretary will receive plastic surgery to her face. A South African diplomatic source said the surgery was to repair damage caused by shrapnel and glass when guards fired at her official car near the presidential palace in the capital.
"We expect full recovery," the source added.
Dominique Kilufya Mwamfa, head of state protocol in the DRC's ministry of foreign affairs, said the intelligence service was investigating the incident.
The South African embassy confirmed it was expecting a DRC report.
Kinshasa - South African diplomat Maryse Ash, who was shot and wounded on Friday by soldiers in Democratic Republic of Congo, was flown to South Africa for treatment on Sunday.
The embassy's second secretary will receive plastic surgery to her face. A South African diplomatic source said the surgery was to repair damage caused by shrapnel and glass when guards fired at her official car near the presidential palace in the capital.
"We expect full recovery," the source added.
Dominique Kilufya Mwamfa, head of state protocol in the DRC's ministry of foreign affairs, said the intelligence service was investigating the incident.
The South African embassy confirmed it was expecting a DRC report.
- This article was originally published on page 2 of The Pretoria News on December 08, 2009
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