One of the burnt-out vehicles used by British Embassy staff kidnapped in Ethiopia is being returned to the country's capital.
Staff from the British Embassy in Addis Ababa will examine the bullet-ridden Land Rover in a bid to find out more about the attack.
The missing five - three Britons, one Italian/English and one French national - have still not been found despite reports claiming to have located them.
They disappeared about 10 days ago while on a tourist trip to northern Ethiopia to visit geological sites and learn more about the remote Afar region, about 500 miles north east of Addis Ababa.
The Land Rover Discovery, and a Toyota Land Cruiser, were later found by diplomats in the remote north-eastern village of Hamedali.
Both vehicles were burnt out and still had luggage, shoes and mobile phones inside.
Hamedali is a popular staging post for intrepid tourists willing to withstand temperatures of 50C (122F) to venture into the unique geological formations of the Danakil Depression, including the area's famous salt lakes.
Visitors are warned to travel in convoy with armed guards because of rebels and bandits.
According to witnesses, 50 men burst into the village, some of them armed, and marched a group towards the Eritrean border.
Last week, Ethiopian foreign minister Seyoum Mesfin said tribal leaders in the remote north east had spotted the group in the Afar region and they "appeared to be well". According to reports, an Afar community leader said the group was "unharmed and safe" and being held by Afar separatist rebels.
