Gunmen have kidnapped three Chinese
workers in central Nigeria, the latest such incident in the region, police said
Saturday.
“Three Chinese nationals were
abducted by some unknown gunmen within the early hours of Friday,” a senior
police officer, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
He said the gunmen stormed a quarry
outside Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state, and engaged the policemen on guard
in a shootout.
“One policeman was killed while another
sustained gunshot wounds,” he said.
He said the assailants escaped with
their hostages on foot through the bush, adding that police were on their
trail.
Kogi state in central Nigeria has
seen a wave of abductions targeting foreigners in recent months.
It was not immediately clear if the
motive was ransom-taking.
Two weeks ago, two Chinese citizens
were kidnapped in the state, while an American missionary was taken from her
school last month.
The seizure of the American woman
took place in village of Emiworo where the missionary from the Free Methodist
Church ran a community organisation within the premises of a school linked to
her church.
She was released last week.
Gunmen have kidnapped three Chinese workers in central Nigeria, the latest such incident in the region, police said Saturday.
“Three Chinese nationals were abducted by some unknown gunmen within the early hours of Friday,” a senior police officer, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
He said the gunmen stormed a quarry outside Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state, and engaged the policemen on guard in a shootout.
“One policeman was killed while another sustained gunshot wounds,” he said.
He said the assailants escaped with their hostages on foot through the bush, adding that police were on their trail.
Kogi state in central Nigeria has seen a wave of abductions targeting foreigners in recent months.
It was not immediately clear if the motive was ransom-taking.
Two weeks ago, two Chinese citizens were kidnapped in the state, while an American missionary was taken from her school last month.
The seizure of the American woman took place in village of Emiworo where the missionary from the Free Methodist Church ran a community organisation within the premises of a school linked to her church.
She was released last week.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/gunmen-kidnap-three-chinese-in-kogi-police/#sthash.qKLzQ8jF.dpuf
“Three Chinese nationals were abducted by some unknown gunmen within the early hours of Friday,” a senior police officer, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
He said the gunmen stormed a quarry outside Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state, and engaged the policemen on guard in a shootout.
“One policeman was killed while another sustained gunshot wounds,” he said.
He said the assailants escaped with their hostages on foot through the bush, adding that police were on their trail.
Kogi state in central Nigeria has seen a wave of abductions targeting foreigners in recent months.
It was not immediately clear if the motive was ransom-taking.
Two weeks ago, two Chinese citizens were kidnapped in the state, while an American missionary was taken from her school last month.
The seizure of the American woman took place in village of Emiworo where the missionary from the Free Methodist Church ran a community organisation within the premises of a school linked to her church.
She was released last week.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/gunmen-kidnap-three-chinese-in-kogi-police/#sthash.qKLzQ8jF.dpuf
Gunmen have kidnapped three Chinese workers in central Nigeria, the latest such incident in the region, police said Saturday.
“Three Chinese nationals were abducted by some unknown gunmen within the early hours of Friday,” a senior police officer, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
He said the gunmen stormed a quarry outside Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state, and engaged the policemen on guard in a shootout.
“One policeman was killed while another sustained gunshot wounds,” he said.
He said the assailants escaped with their hostages on foot through the bush, adding that police were on their trail.
Kogi state in central Nigeria has seen a wave of abductions targeting foreigners in recent months.
It was not immediately clear if the motive was ransom-taking.
Two weeks ago, two Chinese citizens were kidnapped in the state, while an American missionary was taken from her school last month.
The seizure of the American woman took place in village of Emiworo where the missionary from the Free Methodist Church ran a community organisation within the premises of a school linked to her church.
She was released last week.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/gunmen-kidnap-three-chinese-in-kogi-police/#sthash.qKLzQ8jF.dpuf
“Three Chinese nationals were abducted by some unknown gunmen within the early hours of Friday,” a senior police officer, who did not want to be named, told AFP.
He said the gunmen stormed a quarry outside Lokoja, the capital of Kogi state, and engaged the policemen on guard in a shootout.
“One policeman was killed while another sustained gunshot wounds,” he said.
He said the assailants escaped with their hostages on foot through the bush, adding that police were on their trail.
Kogi state in central Nigeria has seen a wave of abductions targeting foreigners in recent months.
It was not immediately clear if the motive was ransom-taking.
Two weeks ago, two Chinese citizens were kidnapped in the state, while an American missionary was taken from her school last month.
The seizure of the American woman took place in village of Emiworo where the missionary from the Free Methodist Church ran a community organisation within the premises of a school linked to her church.
She was released last week.
- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/03/gunmen-kidnap-three-chinese-in-kogi-police/#sthash.qKLzQ8jF.dpuf
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