US Diplomat Found Dead in Ethiopia
By VOA News
05 February 2009
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.
Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.
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