Saturday, December 20, 2008

Nigerian gunmen kidnap Russians

Nigerian gunmen kidnap Russians

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Two workers of a Russian aluminium company have been kidnapped by gunmen in Nigeria, the company says.

A statement from UC Rusal said the pair, workers at the Alscon aluminium smelter, were snatched in the town of Ikot Abasi in the Niger Delta.

Reports said gunmen in speedboats attacked the residential compound in the middle of the night.

The Russians' whereabouts were unknown, Itar-Tass news agency reported. Attacks on foreigners are common in Nigeria.

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