2012 Afar region tourist attack

Terrorist attack in Ethiopia on 17 January 2012

2012 Afar region tourist attack

Map of Ethiopia showing Afar Region

Location| Erta Ale, Afar Region, Ethiopia
Date| 17 January 2012 (UTC+3)

Attack type

| Shooting
Deaths| 5
Injured| 3
Victims| 4 kidnapped

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Second Afar insurgency

* 2010 border skirmish
* 2012 Afar region tourist attack
* Battle of Tsorona

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.[1]

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 injured: two Belgians and a Hungarian.[2] The Germans were released 7 March the same year.[3]

## See also

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* List of terrorist incidents in 2012

## References

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1. ^ "Ethiopia says four kidnapped in Afar tourist attack". Reuters. 18 January 2012. Archived from the original on 18 February 2013. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
2. ^ "Ethiopia: Tourists kidnapped after deadly Afar attack". BBC News. 18 January 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
3. ^ "Ethiopian rebels release Germans kidnapped in Afar desert". GlobalPost, 7 March 2012. Retrieved 2013-7-3.. Archived 2013-07-13.

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Background|

| Main topics|

* Eritrea–Ethiopia border
* Eritrea–Ethiopia relations
* Italian colonialism
* Badme

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Events|

* Italo-Ethiopian wars
* 1887–89
* First
* Second
* WWII
* Italian Eritrea
* B.M.A.
* Italian East Africa
* Federation
* Eritrean War of Independence
* Ethiopian Civil War
* Fall of the Derg regime
* Eritrean independence referendum

Treaties|

* Wuchale (1889)
* Addis Ababa (1896)
* Paris (1947)

Conflicts|

| War (1998–2000)|

* Timeline
* Invasion of Ethiopia
* "Sunset" [be]
* 1999 air battles
* May-June 2000 [be]
* "Aider"
* Air campaign [ru]
* Russian / Ukrainian involvement
* Algiers Agreement (2000)

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post-2000 battles
and skirmishes|

* 2010 skirmish
* 2012 Afar attack
* 2016 Battle of Tsorona

Proxy conflicts|

* Second Afar insurgency
* Insurgency in Ogaden
* 2007–08 crackdown

Related events|

* UN Mission (1998–2008)
* War in Somalia (2006–2009)
* Djiboutian–Eritrean border conflict

Aftermath|

* 2018 Eritrea–Ethiopia summit
* Tigray war
* Eritrean involvement

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