""The High Representative of the European Union for Foreign
Affairs and Security Policy and Vice President of the Commission issued the
following statement today: I have learned today with great sadness of the tragic
death on 12 March of Ahmad Shihadeh, a policy officer at the EU Delegation in
Syria. He was killed during a rocket attack on the Damascus suburb of Deraya,
where he lived. I offer my sincere condolences to his family and friends, and to
the colleagues of the Delegation. Ahmad died while providing
humanitarian help to the community of Deraya.""