PetroTrans of China Denies Workers Attacked by Ethiopian Rebels
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PetroTrans Co., a Chinese oil-exploration company, denied claims by Ethiopian rebels that a military convoy escorting its workers in the restive Ogaden region was attacked last week.
The Ogaden National Liberation Front’s forces were attacked by the Ethiopian army on Aug. 30 after they “pushed back elite troops from the Prime Minister’s Special Forces who were trying to escort a Chinese team to Obole oil exploration,” the ONLF said in an e-mailed statement on Sept. 1. The Chinese workers were wearing military camouflage clothing, it said.