Five foreign tourists killed in Ethiopia Five foreign tourists were killed ... and two seriously injured when armed men attacked the group in Afar region. One tourist has escaped unharmed," Ethiopian state television said, quoting security officials. Britain has since advised against all but essential travel to the area. It is not thought that any Brits were involved in this incident. "We are urgently investigating reports of an attack on foreign tourists in Ethiopia," a Foreign Office spokesman said. At least two German holidaymakers were feared to be involved in the attack, German television and Ethiopian media said. "The details are not clear at all yet, but we are hearing that two and maybe five people have been killed and two others have been kidnapped," said a Western diplomat in Addis Ababa. An Ethiopian police spokesman refused to comment.