Posted at 2:24 a.m., Friday, May 25, 2007
3 Americans among kidnapped oil workers in Nigeria
Associated Press
LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen today kidnapped a group of foreign oil workers, including three Americans and four Britons, in Nigeria's unruly southern petroleum-producing region, officials said.Security forces in the region said only six people were kidnapped, including an Indian, but details released by U.S. and British embassy officials said at least seven were abducted.
The embassy officials both spoke on condition of anonymity, citing standard agency prohibitions against their names appearing in public.
