Statement by the Prime Minister

Prime Minister Jean Chrétien today expressed shock and deep sadness at the murder of six Red Cross workers at a hospital compound in Chechnya this morning. He underlined that this deliberate assassination of foreign aid workers is a serious violation of international humanitarian law. Among the murdered is a Canadian nurse, Nancy Malloy of Vancouver.

"Nancy Malloy died a heroine," said the Prime Minister. "I want to express my admiration of her, as well as my deep condolences to her mother, sister and her friends."

A Red Cross worker since 1985, she had previously worked in Zaire, Ethiopia, the former Yugoslavia and Kuwait.

On behalf of all Canadians, the Prime Minister expressed the profound hope that the perpetrators of this barbaric act will be found and brought to justice.

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