2012 Afar region tourist attack

Terrorist attack in Ethiopia on 17 January 2012 November 2022 2012 Afar region tourist attack the Second Afar insurgency Afar in Ethiopia.svg Map of Ethiopia showing Afar Region Erta Ale, Afar Region, Ethiopia 13 36 23 N 40 39 41 E type:event inline,title 17 January 2012 UTC+3 Shooting 5 3 4 kidnapped 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. Ethiopia says four kidnapped in Afar tourist attack https://afriport.hu/angol-nyelv-hirek/11585-ethiopia-says-four-kidnapped-in-afar-tourist-attack.html https://archive.today/20130218002816/https://afriport.hu/angol-nyelv-hirek/11585-ethiopia-says-four-kidnapped-in-afar-tourist-attack.html dead 18 February 2013 Reuters 18 January 2012 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. Ethiopia: Tourists kidnapped after deadly Afar attack https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-16610890 BBC News 18 January 2012 2012-01-21 The Germans were released 7 March the same year."Ethiopian rebels release Germans kidnapped in Afar desert". GlobalPost, 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-7-3.. Archived 2013-07-13. See also List of terrorist incidents in 2012 References Category:2012 mass shootings in Africa Category:Austrian people murdered abroad Category:Terrorist incidents in Africa in 2012 Category:2012 mass murders Category:German people murdered abroad Category:Hungarian people murdered abroad Category:Terrorist incidents in Ethiopia in the 2010s Category:Spree shootings in Ethiopia Category:History of the Afar Region Category:Attacks on tourists in Africa Category:Second Afar insurgency Category:January 2012 crimes in Africa Category:2012 murders in Ethiopia Category:January 2012 in Ethiopia Category:21st-century mass murders in Ethiopia Category:Military operations of the Eritrean–Ethiopian border conflict Category:Kidnappings in Ethiopia Category:Kidnapping in the 2010s