Oil worker shot in attempted highway robbery in Iraq
Jan 22, 2022
A Sudanese engineer working for the China National Offshore Oil Corp. (CNOOC) was shot in Missan province on Jan. 12 when gunmen attacked a convoy transporting oil workers to the airport. The incident highlights the risks foreign companies face because of criminal violence.
The assailants were members of an organized crime group running a kind of highway robbery operation.
An armed gang attacked a convoy carrying international oil workers to the Basra airport despite the presence of a security protection team
