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2012 Afar region tourist attack

Terrorist attack in Ethiopia on 17 January 2012

Field	Value
title	2012 Afar region tourist attack
image	Afar in Ethiopia.svg
caption	Map of Ethiopia showing Afar Region
location	Erta Ale, Afar Region, Ethiopia
coordinates
date	17 January 2012
timezone	UTC+3
type	Shooting
fatalities	5
injuries	3
victims	4 kidnapped

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The 2012 Afar region tourist attack was a shooting incident on the night of 17 January 2012 at Erta Ale volcano in the Afar Region of Ethiopia which killed 5 and injured 3. Four people were kidnapped in the attack.

Bereket Simon, the country's communications minister, told Reuters the attack was carried out at 5 am on 17 January, by Eritrean-trained groups. Two foreigners, a driver, and a policeman were kidnapped. Eritrea denied having trained and armed the attackers. |archive-url = https://archive.today/20130218002816/http://afriport.hu/angol-nyelv-hirek/11585-ethiopia-says-four-kidnapped-in-afar-tourist-attack.html |url-status = dead |archive-date = 18 February 2013 |access-date = 2012-01-21

It was later revealed that two Germans, two Hungarians and an Austrian were killed in the attack. Two Germans and two Ethiopians were kidnapped. Three people were injured: two Belgians and a Hungarian.{{cite news

References

[http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/120307/ethiopia-rebels-release-german-kidnap-victims "Ethiopian rebels release Germans kidnapped in Afar desert]". GlobalPost, 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-7-3.. [https://web.archive.org/web/20120403021242/http://www.globalpost.com/dispatch/news/regions/africa/120307/ethiopia-rebels-release-german-kidnap-victims Archived] 2013-07-13.

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