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Nov 21
2015 |
American Killed in Mali Was Mother, Peace Corps Volunteer |
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The American woman who was killed in the Mali hostage situation was a mother and public health worker who once volunteered for the Peace Corps, her devastated family said.
Anita Datar, 41, was one of the at least 27 killed today -- according to the UN -- when gunmen attacked the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako.
"It's unbelievable to us that she has been killed in this senseless act of terrorism," the statement said. "She loved her family and her work tremendously."
According to her family, Datar worked as a senior manager at the consulting firm Palladium Group and was a founding board member of Tulalens, a non-profit "connecting underserved communities with quality health services."
Datar, who had a son, originally was from western Massachusetts and grew up in New Jersey. She served in the peace corps in Senegal from 1997-'99 "and has spent much of her career working to advance global health and international development, with a focus on population and reproductive health, family... |
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| Source:http://abcnews.go.com/US/american-killed-mali-attacks-mother-peace-corps-volunteer/story?id=35337355 |
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