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Ethiopia to investigate report of killings of hundreds of its nationals at the Saudi-Yemen border

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Published 5:29 AM

By EVELYNE MUSAMBI
Associated Press

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — The Ethiopian government says it will investigate a report by a human rights group of killings of hundreds its nationals at the Yemen-Saudi border. Ethiopia’s Foreign Ministry says the investigation will be done “in tandem with the Saudi authorities.” The New York-based group Human Rights Watch released a report on Monday citing eyewitness accounts of attacks by border guards in Saudi Arabia using machine guns and mortars on unarmed Ethiopians trying to cross into the kingdom from Yemen. A Saudi government official called the report “unfounded and not based on reliable sources,” but did not offer evidence to support the assertion.

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