Nigerian Militants Attack Oil Facility, Abduct Five S.Koreans
Shaveta Bansal - All Headline News Contributor Lagos, Nigeria (AHN) - On Wednesday, Nigerian militants abducted five South Korean oil workers after they attacked an oil facility in the Port Harcourt area. The militants told CNN, that the workers will be held until the release of their two imprisoned local leaders. A militant who contacted the reporters via telephone and email told CNN that 10 boats with seven people on each vessel staged the attack for the purpose of freeing two prominent Ijaws, the ethnic group predominant in the oil-rich region. One militant told CNN that 17 Nigerian security forces were killed, a naval gunboat was sunk, and a drilling rig and a naval houseboat were destroyed. But another e-mail indicated that the number of deaths could not be determined. The militant referred to the South Koreans as "prisoners of war" and said the captives are being treated well. The incident comes after six Britons, an American and a Canadian, were kidnapped Friday from an oil rig off the Nigerian coast. All the captives were released on Sunday.
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