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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.
Feb 12, 2013 · Sean Devereux - the son of a County Wexford man - was gunned down in Somalia in January 1993 at the tender age of 28, but by the time of his assassination at the hands of the country's warlords...
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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. It serves to remind us of the dangers faced by civilian UN personnel in conflict zones.
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Sep 28, 2023 · The British Salesian missionary and aid worker arrived in Liberia in 1989 and began working with the Salesian community at St. Francis School in the Tappita District. Sean would find himself briefly imprisoned after pleading for the release of a student drafted into the army as a child-soldier.
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.
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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.
