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Missing Eritreans turn up, five days after disappearing near end of OR22

Eritrean flag (background); the five Eritreans who went missing June 23 but turned up safe five days later.
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Eritrean flag (background); the five Eritreans who were last seen the night of June 23 but have turned up safe today.

Five Eritrean athletes that had been reported missing after the World Athletic Championships since Sunday have turned up safe.

The Eritrean National Athletics Federation says the four athletes and coach are back and resuming activities with the rest of their team.

Andre Filmon, Habtom Samuel Keleta, Merhawi Mebrahtu Teweldebererhan, and Yemane Haileselassie Teklehaimanot are the athletes; Berhe Asgedom Niguesse is the coach.

The men were last seen Saturday night, then reported missing the day after as the ten-day event was winding down. No explanation for their disappearance was given.

The University of Oregon’s police department has closed all five missing person reports.

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Brian Bull is a contributing freelance reporter with the KLCC News department, who first began working with the station in 2016. He's a senior reporter with the Native American media organization Buffalo's Fire, and was recently a journalism professor at the University of Oregon.

In his nearly 30 years working as a public media journalist, Bull has worked at NPR, Twin Cities Public Television, South Dakota Public Broadcasting, Wisconsin Public Radio, and ideastream in Cleveland. His reporting has netted dozens of accolades, including four national Edward R. Murrow Awards (22 regional),  the Ohio Associated Press' Best Reporter Award, Best Radio Reporter from  the Native American Journalists Association, and the PRNDI/NEFE Award for Excellence in Consumer Finance Reporting.