French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner has described the killing as a "barbaric act", and has called fro Chad’s authorities to launch a full investigation.
Save the Children say they suspending all operations in Chad until further notice due to the killing and the charity’s spokesman Dominic Nutt said: "We have had to shut down our vital humanitarian work with refugees who desperately need health care and feeding, and that is, of course, deeply worrying."
The Save the Children driver and three staff of another aid agency are reported to have escaped harm in the incident.
Pascal Marlinge, who leaves behind a wife and two daughters who have been notified of his death, worked in eastern Chad with refugees and was head of the charity’s operations in the country.
