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Two French aid workers killed in Madagascar

Xinhua, August 22, 2016 Adjust font size:

Two French nationals working for an environmental organization in Madagascar have been killed, France's foreign ministry confirmed on Sunday.

Two nationals were killed "in an odious crime" on the island of Sainte Marie, northeast coast of Madagascar, the Quai d'Orsay said in a statement.

An investigation was underway to identify the cause of the death, it added.

According to local media reports, the bodies of a man and a woman, aged 25 and 23 respectively, were found early on Sunday near a night club. They had injuries to the head.

They were volunteers for Cetamada, an environmental non-governmental organization working for the protection of marine mammals. Endi