Foreigners (3 britons and a colombian) kidnapped in Nigeria

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Source: al jazeera

Four men working for a Nigerian subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell have been kidnapped by gunmen in south of the country, Nigerian police say.

Rita Abbey, a spokesman for Rivers State police, said the three Britons and one Colombian were seized on Tuesday morning, after their police escort was shot dead.

The men were taken from a road leading from the southern oil city of Port Harcourt to the Shell-operated Afam power plant, police said.
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No group has as yet claimed responsibility for the abduction of the four men.

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