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Ethiopia hunts tourist killers after volcano attack
ADDIS ABABA - Ethiopian security forces on Thursday searched for gunmen who killed five Europeans and kidnapped two on the slopes of the famed Erta Ale volcano, an area often described as "hell on earth."
No group has claimed responsibility for Tuesday's pre-dawn raid, which struck a group trekking in the Afar depression, home to spectacular moon-like landscapes but also to elusive rebels and close to a tense border.
The region's worst attack on tourists in years stoked simmering tensions between neighbours Ethiopia and Eritrea, with Addis Ababa promptly blaming its arch-foe and threatening a robust response.
"We are working on how to respond to the attack... there are security operators there," Ethiopian foreign ministry spokesman Dina Mufti said.
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