Nigerian Islamist group Ansaru on Saturday claimed to have killed seven foreign hostages abducted from a construction site last month in the country's restive north, SITE Intelligence Group said.
"In the communique, the group stated that the attempts by the British and Nigerian governments to rescue the hostages, and their alleged arrest and killing of people, forced it to carry out the execution," SITE said.
Police last month said the kidnap victims included four Lebanese, one Briton, a Greek citizen and an Italian. A company official later said the Middle Eastern hostages included two Lebanese and two Syrians.
British officials declined to immediately comment Saturday. Two Nigerian military spokesmen declined to immediately comment when reached by the Associated Press, while a presidential spokesman and a spokeswoman for the country's domestic spy service could not be immediately reached.
[Developing Story]
10 Mar, 2013
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Source: http://english.alarabiya.net/en/News/2013/03/09/4-Arabs-among-7-hostages-allegedly-killed-by-Nigerian-Islamists-SITE.html
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