Breaking news: French tourists kidnapped in Ethiopia

Unconfirmed number of French tourists were kidnapped in the Afar region today. While some put the number of the tourists kidnapped as high as fifty, this blogger's sources at the Afar region said that the number is less than twenty. Local official who talked with this blogger via mobile phone from Afar said they suspected that the Eritrean government may have a hand in it. The allegation isn't yet confirmed.
The sources added that they have heard the death of some of the kidnappers ...(more information later)