Labour MEP candidate Del Singh killed in Kabul bomb attack

Del Singh, a Labour candidate for the European Parliament in the South East, has been killed in a bomb attack on a restaurant in Kabul. Singh, who worked international development, managing projects funded by the UN, EU, and Department for International Development in the Middle East, was 

The attack on the Afghan capital was the deadliest against foreign nationals since the beginning of the was nearly 13 years ago.

Ed Miliband paid tribute to Singh this morning:

“My thoughts – and the thoughts of the whole Labour Party – are with the family and friends of Del Singh who was killed in yesterday’s tragic suicide bomb in Kabul.

“People everywhere will be appalled and shocked by this barbarous act of terror deliberately targeting members of the international community living and working in Kabul in the service of the Afghan people.

“Del spent over ten years carrying out vital work on development projects in Afghanistan, Kosovo, Sudan, Sierra Leone and other countries.  He dedicated his life to working with people across the world who needed his support.”  

General Secretary Iain McNicol praised Singh as a “committed and passionate campaigner”:

“Del Singh was a committed and passionate campaigner who wanted to improve the lives of people in conflict zones and those of people closer to home.

“Del will be missed by everyone in the Labour Party who has worked and campaigned alongside him for over two decades. Our thoughts are with his family at this sad time.”

As well as his work and candidacy for the European Parliament, Singh was also a mentor for the long-term unemployed in Hampshire, helped out at a homeless charity in London, served on the Board of Care International and was co-ordinator of Labour Friends of Palestine and the Middle East., as well as being a popular member of Southampton Labour Party. Campaigners on the south coast this morning praised a “good humanitarian” and held a minute’s silence in his memory.

He will be missed – and the thoughts of everyone at LabourList go out to his friends and family at this incredibly sad and difficult time.