Ethiopian Athletes Abscond In UK

Four Ethiopian athletes have gone missing during a visit to Britain for an international athletics event.

The athletes, two women and two men, fled their hotel in London on Tuesday and failed to make a connecting flight to Edinburgh ahead of the Falkirk Cup athletics event.

An official with the Ethiopian team management, Dagmawit Amare said his colleagues tried to restrain two of them but they ran off.

The Chief executive of Scottish Athletics, Geoff Wightman said the incident had been reported to the authorities.

 

AFP/ Qasim/ Funke