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Ethiopia: Nineteen Killed in Gun Attack On Bus
A gun attack by suspected rebels on a public bus in western Ethiopia has left 19 people dead and eight others injured, a government official.
“The attack took place yesterday (Monday) around 2 pm…. I suspect it was an anti-peace element we consider as rebels,” said regional president Omot Odeng Olol.
Omot said the suspected rebels armed with machine guns stole money and clothes from...
Ethiopian rebels free two German tourists
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia (AFP) – Ethiopian rebels said Tuesday they had released two Germans held hostage since January 18 after a gun battle that killed five other adventure tourists in the remote Afar desert region.
The two were handed over to German embassy officials and local elders in the desolate northern Ethiopian region on Monday, the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF) said...
Ethiopia gunmen ‘kill five foreign tourists’
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (BBC) – Five foreign tourists have been killed in Ethiopia in an attack by unknown gunmen, state TV reports.
The attack was carried out late on Monday in the northern Afar region of the country by gunmen who had crossed from neighbouring Eritrea, the TV said.
Two other tourists were seriously hurt and a third is said to have escaped the attack unharmed. The nationality of the...
