A US diplomat was killed in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa on Saturday but the circumstances of his death are unclear, State Department officials said on Thursday. The 25-year-old diplomat, Brian Adkins, was found dead in his home in Addis Ababa, officials said.
"The death is under investigation and we are co-ordinating closely with the government of Ethiopia," said a State Department official, who asked not to be named as the department had not officially released details of the death.
Another official said it was a suspected homicide and that US diplomatic security were looking into the incident. Adkins was a foreign service officer who worked in the consular section of the embassy. A graduate of George Washington University in Washington, Ethiopia was his first foreign assignment for the State Department.