| Israel's ambassador to Ethiopia was in a critical condition yesterday after shooting himself in the head in an apparent suicide bid. The envoy, Doron Grossman, is "in a very bad state" and has been evacuated to Israel for treatment after being discovered seriously wounded in his apartment at Addis Ababa's Hilton Hotel when he did not turn up for work, a diplomatic source said. "He shot himself in the head in his room in the Hilton where he stays. It wasn't an assassination, we think he tried to commit suicide." Grossman, who is single and 48, took up his post in Ethiopia three years ago and was due to be sent this week to South Africa. |