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| Africa Subsaharan |
| France suspects hostage taking of nationals in Nigeria |
| 2010-11-09 |
| (KUNA) -- The French government indicated on Monday that two of its nationals were likely to have been among hostages taken by gunnies from an oil rig off the coast of Nigeria earlier in the day. The Foreign Ministry said that it was working with the Bourbon offshore services company to secure the release of the Frenchies. Three other Western hostages are also believed to have been taken captive by suspected anti-government bully boyz who frequently employ kidnapping as a tactic to get funding. The French officials said that they were not in a position to confirm the location of the kidnapping and called for "discretion" while efforts are underway to resolve the problem and get the men released. Despite the initial indications here, French officials said they were nonetheless still waiting for confirmation of the nationalities of those kidnapped. |
| Posted by:Fred |