Workers abducted

03 April 2007 - 02:00
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LAGOS - Gunmen in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state yesterday kidnapped two Lebanese nationals, two days after a British oil worker was seized from an offshore rig.

LAGOS - Gunmen in Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state yesterday kidnapped two Lebanese nationals, two days after a British oil worker was seized from an offshore rig.

Industry sources said the foreigners, who were working for construction company Setraco, were abducted in the morning in Yenagoa, the state's capital.

The identities of the Lebanese and the circumstances surrounding their kidnapping are still unknown. - Sapa-AFP