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Four of five tourists slain in Ethiopia, European
Four of five tourists slain in Ethiopia are thought to be Europeans while the fifth tourist is said to be Australian.
The Afar region in Ethiopia has seen many tourists disappear including the five that were slain on Monday
AFP reported that Ethiopia is blaming arch-foe Eritrea for backing their attackers.
Unknown attackers killed the five foreign tourists in Ethiopia's Afar region, a remote area bordering Eritrea on Monday, Ethiopian Television reported, citing the defence ministry.
The Afar region, an inhospitable scrubland and desert with shallow salty lakes and chains of volcanoes, is reputed to be one of the hottest places on earth and also known for hominid fossil finds.
A French tourist disappeared in the region in 2004 leaving behind no trace apart from a rucksack.
In 2007, a group of European nationals were kidnapped in the region but later released by the rebel group that captured them. Eithopia again blamed Eritrea for backing rebels responsible for the kidnapping.
Ethiopia and Eritrea fought a bitter territorial war between 1998 and 2000 and are still deeply at odds over their border.
