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British national killed in Ethiopia | |
(about 1 hour later) | |
A British national was killed when he was accidentally shot in Ethiopia on Christmas Eve, reports have said. | |
The 47-year-old man was shot with a rifle in the north-western city of Bahir Dar, AFP quoted a government spokesman as saying. | |
A suspect has reportedly been arrested. The body has been taken to Addis Ababa for a post-mortem examination. | |
A Foreign Office spokeswoman said: "We can confirm the death of a British national in Ethiopia." | |
No further details were disclosed. | |
'Old rifle' | |
Government spokesman Shimeles Kema told AFP the suspect had not known the gun - an "old rifle" - was loaded, and the incident happened in a church on the morning of Christmas Eve. | |
He said: "It appears that a resident of Bahir Dar, who was licensed to carry a gun, accidentally discharged his gun while changing the gun position from one shoulder to the other." | |
Bahir Dar is a popular tourist destination located some 310 miles (500km) north-west of Addis Ababa in Ethiopia's Amhara region. |