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BREAKING: Gunmen Attack U.S. Embassy Convoy in Nigeria, Staffers Killed
2023-05-17
[RedState] Gunmen attacked a convoy of U.S. embassy staffers in Nigeria Tuesday.

Two staffers were shot to death, as were two policemen.

The assailants opened fire on the convoy along a major road in Ogbaru local government area in Anambra State, one of the epicenters of separatist violence in the region, according to the police. "The hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze and their vehicles," said Tochukwu Ikenga, a police spokesman in Anambra.

A joint team of security forces was deployed to the scene but arrived only after the assailants escaped with two other police officers and one of the drivers, Ikenga added. He said no U.S. citizen was on the trip.

When they say "escaped with," they appear to mean "kidnapped," as Rep. Cory Mills (R-FL) explained.

Update from the article at 9:50 p.m. ET, for future reference:

Posted by:Frank G

#3  Congressman Mill’s bio on Twitter:

Rep. Cory Mills 🇺🇸

@RepMillsPress
Combat Veteran. Bronze Star recipient. Serving Florida’s 7th. Part of the first successful rescue mission in Afghanistan.
@HASCRepublicans
&
@HouseForeignGOP

Possibly he knows whereof he tweets.
Posted by: trailing wife   2023-05-17 21:56  

#2  I know this Nigerian Prince who could arrange for ransom of the Americans. All he needs is a bank routing number and an ATM pin number.
Posted by: jpal   2023-05-17 16:36  

#1  Ever the skeptic here, ‘escaped with’ means, to me, they colluded with the ambushers. God knows I have been wrong, but…
Posted by: Whiskey Mike   2023-05-17 14:54  

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