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 Posted: Sat Jul 26, 2008 11:26 am Post subject: Gunmen kidnap eight expats off oil vessel in Nigeria |
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| Quote: | By Nick Tattersall
Reuters
Saturday, July 26, 2008; 9:49 AM
LAGOS (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped eight foreign oil workers from a vessel off Nigeria's Niger Delta early on Saturday, bringing to 16 the number of industry workers seized in the past 48 hours, security sources said.
The men were taken from a liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) tanker off the mouth of the Bonny river in the delta, a network of mangrove creeks opening into the Gulf of Guinea which is home to Africa's biggest oil industry.
"Around six heavily armed bandits attacked an LPG tanker, shot two civilians and abducted eight of the expatriates, whose identity is not yet ascertained," said Lieutenant-Colonel Sagir Musa, military spokesman in the eastern Niger Delta.
He said the two civilians had been wounded but not killed during the attack, which took place between 1 and 4 a.m. (0000-0300 GMT). He said no group had claimed responsibility but believed the motive was financial. |
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