Pirates kidnap 6 foreigners in Nigeria
Armed pirates who stormed an oil service ship in southern Nigeria have kidnapped six foreigners and demanded a $1.3 million ransom for their release, police told AFP yesterday.
"Three of those abducted are from Ukraine, two from India, one from Russia," Bayelsa state police spokesman Fidelis Odunna said of the Sunday attack. The kidnappers demanded $1.3 million for the release of the hostages.
The kidnapping of foreign oil workers is common in Nigeria's oil-rich south.
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