article_snippet: Having gained his own access to the area, in which five people in a group of scientists and tourists were killed while others were taken as hostages in a 2012 attack claimed by the Afar Revolutionary Democratic Unity Front (ARDUF), Tupy couldn't agree more with Dr Jerram's impression. '
article_snippet: In September 2005 an eruption killed 250 head of livestock and forced locals in the surrounding area to flee.
article_snippet: There were further evacuations in August 2007 caused by lava flow, after which two people went missing.
article_snippet: an eruption came in November 2008 . '
highlights_snippet: In 2012, five people from a group of scientists and tourists were killed in an attack by a local rebel group .