Three MSF employees killed in Ethiopia's Tigray, aid agency says


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  • Saturday, 26 Jun 2021

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) emergency co-ordinator Maria Hernandez, killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia's Tigray region, is seen in unknown location in this image released by Doctors Without Borders (MSF) on June 25, 2021. Medecins Sans Frontieres/Handout via REUTERS

ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) -Three employees working for the Spanish branch of Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) were killed by unknown assailants in Ethiopia's Tigray region, the medical charity said on Friday.

MSF-Spain lost contact with a vehicle carrying the team on Thursday afternoon, it said in a statement. "This morning the vehicle was found empty and a few metres away, their lifeless bodies."

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