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Nine tourists killed, wounded, kidnapped in Ethiopia

19 JAN: Gunmen in the Ethiopia’s arid north attacked a group of European tourists, killing five, wounding two and kidnapping two, an Ethiopian official said yesterday. Ethiopian officials said the gunmen came from neighbouring Eritrea and attacked the tourist group before dawn on Tuesday, news agency AFP reports.

Two Ethiopians were also taken hostage.

Eritrea has denied it was involved.

Austrian, Belgian, German, Hungarian and Italian nationals were among those in the tourist group, the Ethiopian officials said.

Two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed, according to an Interpol report cited by the spokesman for Hungary’s prime minister.

Two Belgians were seriously hurt and two Italians escaped unharmed, the report said.

Two other Germans were kidnapped.

Australian Foreign Affairs travel advice for Ethiopia, last updated in June, carries a ‘Reconsider your need to travel’ warning.

 

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