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Islamist group claims kidnap of foreigners in Nigeria

February 18, 2013 09:00
KANO, Nigeria, Feb 18 (Reuters) - An Islamist group linked to al Qaeda claimed responsibility on Monday for the kidnapping of seven foreigners during a night time raid in a remote northern Nigerian town at the weekend. "(We) have the custody of seven persons, which include Lebanese and their European counterparts working with Setraco," read a statement from Ansaru, a group that has kidnapped other foreigners in Nigeria in the past.

Gunmen abduct seven foreign workers in Nigeria

February 17, 2013 10:01
Gunmen stormed a Lebanese-owned construction site in northern Nigeria, kidnapping seven foreign workers and killing a security guard, police said Sunday. Two Lebanese, an Italian and a Greek have been confirmed by their governments to be among those seized in the attack late Saturday on the Lebanese-owned Setraco construction site in the town of Jama'are in Bauchi State. "From the report we have received, the hostages are seven in all. They include four Lebanese, an Italian, a Briton and a Greek," Bauchi state police spokesman Hassan Auyo said.

UPDATE 3-Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners in north Nigeria

February 17, 2013 09:15
* Briton, Italian, Greek and Lebanese among abducted * Islamist group claimed kidnappings last year in north * West worried about threat from "terrorism" in W.Africa (Adds Mali background, police searching for kidnappers) BAUCHI, Nigeria, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security guard when they stormed the compound of Lebanese construction company Setraco in northern Nigeria's Bauchi state early on Sunday, police said.

Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners in northern Nigeria - police

February 17, 2013 08:30
ABUJA, Feb 17 (Reuters) - Gunmen kidnapped seven foreigners when they stormed the compound of a construction company in northern Nigeria's Bauchi state early on Sunday, the police said. Bauchi Police Chief Mohammed Ladan confirmed the attack in Jama'are town but declined to give the nationalities of those taken.

Nigeria: Gunmen kidnap seven foreigners

February 17, 2013 07:02
Gunmen have kidnapped seven foreigners at a Lebanese-owned construction site in northern Nigeria, and shot dead their security guard, police said on Sunday.

Six workers, including two foreigners, abducted in Nigeria

February 17, 2013 07:01
Gunmen have kidnapped six workers including two foreigners at a Lebanese-owned construction site in northern Nigeria, and shot dead their security guard, police said on Sunday. "There was an attack on the Setraco construction company site in Jama'are town (in Bauchi State) by unknown gunmen. Six company staff, including two expatriates, were kidnapped," state police chief Mohammed Ladan said of the incident late Saturday. "They killed the security guard at the site. We are still working to establish the nationalities of the two expatriates," he told AFP.
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