Poachers have killed at least six elephants in one day at a national park in Ethiopia, the largest such slaughter in memory in the East African nation.

The chief warden for Mago National Park described the incident which took place last week as a 'massacre'.

The elephant carcasses were found with their tusks removed after the animals were attacked while drinking at the Omo river.

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