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Sean Devereux (25 November 1964 – 2 January 1993) was a British Salesian missionary and aid worker assassinated in Kismayo, Somalia in 1993 while working for UNICEF. He has since become an important role model for the aid-working vocation, particularly among Christians.
Sean Devereux was assassinated in Somalia in 1993, whilst engaged on a UNICEF food distribution programmme. He had spent his adult life teaching and supporting children, principally in Liberia, and he died continuing to help those in desperate need in civil-war striven Somalia.
Sep 28, 2023 · In 1993, at just 28 years of age, Sean was tragically assassinated by a lone hired gunman in Somalia whilst working on a food distribution programme for UNICEF. Wanting to build on Sean’s incredible work and keep his legacy alive, the Devereux family established the Sean Devereux Children’s Fund.
Sean Devereux was assassinated in Somalia in 1993 whilst working on a food distribution programme for UNICEF. Sean's family lived in Yateley in Hampshire and he was educated at Salesian College in Farnborough.
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Jan 2, 1993 · In this article we remember the killing of 28 year old Sean Devereaux on 2 Jan 1993 while working for the United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) in Somalia.
Jan 2, 2018 · On 2nd January 1993, Sean Devereux was assassinated in Kismayo, Somalia. He was 28 years old. Today, we pray for him, for his family, and for all those who risk their lives to help others.
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Sep 7, 2020 · A modern martyr. September 7, 2020. He was a 28-year-old aid worker who was gunned down in Somalia in 1993. He had worked on missions in Liberia and for the UN in Somalia. A passionate opponent of the illegal arms trade he was killed by bullets from a foreign rifle. Sean was fascinated by Africa.
