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U.S. diplomat found dead in Ethiopia

February 5th, 2009 |  |  4 Comments

By VOA News

Addis Ababa, Ethiopia – The U.S. State Department says one of its diplomats has been found dead in his home in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.

A State Department official, who asked not to be identified, said 25-year-old Brian Adkins was found dead Saturday.

The official says U.S. diplomatic security is investigating the death as a suspected homicide.

The State Department has not officially released details of Adkins’ death.

Adkins was a foreign service officer in the consular section of the U.S. Embassy in Addis Ababa. He was on his first diplomatic assignment.

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4 Comments to “U.S. diplomat found dead in Ethiopia”

  1. matti says:

    My condolense to the young man’s beloved ones! it is so sad such young man like him to die for reasons that are not known yet but most of Ethiopian people as well as the rest of the horn of Africans would reach into one conclusion: STOP BEING THE SAFE GUARDIAN OF THE MODERN SLAVES OF AFRICA AS WELL THE BUTCHERS OF ADDIS LEGESSE Z, SEYOUM MESFIN, AZEB MESFIN, BEREKET SIMON, AND THE REST OF THE WEYANE FAMILY.

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    February 5th, 2009 at 3:33 PM

  2. Demelash says:

    It is really shocking. This assault could not come directly from the public or any group. The state security is responsible for that. some 6 months ago the security forces killed one American professor inside a minibus. They are the ones that detonated the booby trap. Nobody else.

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    February 5th, 2009 at 7:40 PM

  3. dagne says:

    The woyanne’ death squd wrong target.( Frendly fire.)

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    February 6th, 2009 at 7:04 AM

  4. kololo says:

    I am very sad about the death of this young diplomat. I think weyane did it. Let’s wait see .

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    February 7th, 2009 at 12:30 AM

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