Europeans killed in Ethiopia

Ethiopia said yesterday that five tourists killed in an attack blamed on terrorists in the northeast were all European, and that two other foreigners in the group had been kidnapped.
The five, from Germany, Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Austria were killed whilst visiting the Erta Ale volcanic site on Monday in the remote Afar region near the Ethiopia-Eritrea border, government spokesman Bereket Simon told AFP.
"Terrorist groups trained and armed by the Eritrean government crossed the border and attacked them and the assailants have gone back," Bereket said.
Four people were also kidnapped, including two foreigners and two others were wounded, said Bereket, without giving the nationalities of the seized foreigners.