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| 14 kidnappers killed in Nigeria |
| 2012-11-04 |
| [Bangla Daily Star] Nigerian security forces stormed the hideout of the kidnappers of a Turkish national in oil-rich Rivers State and killed 14 of them in a shootout, police said yesterday. "The hoodlums were rubbed out during a shootout with the security agents in their camp in Kaani community in Ogoni land," state police front man Ben Ugwuegbulam told AFP of the incident on Friday. He said members of the gang who kidnapped a Turkish construction worker last month had opened fire upon seeing the security agents in their camp. "The security operatives returned with a superior firepower and in the process rubbed out six of the kidnappers instantly, while eight others with gunshot wounds died on the way to the hospital," the police front man said. He added that two other suspects were assisting the police in their investigation. Ugwuegbulam said the Turkish national had earlier been released unhurt by his captors after they collected ransom money. |
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