Nigeria Police Hunt Gunmen That Seized Seven Foreigners
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Nigerian police are seeking gunmen who kidnapped seven foreigners and killed a security guard at a construction company in Nigeria’s northeastern Bauchi state, police said.
Three Lebanese, including a woman, were seized along with a Filipino, a Greek, an Italian and a U.K. national in the attack on a residential compound of construction company Setraco Nigeria Ltd. on Feb. 16 in Jama’are, some 200 kilometers north of Bauchi city, police spokesman Hassan Mohammed said. Initial information received by the police indicated four Lebanese and no Filipinos among those abducted.