Nine oil workers missing in Nigeria
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-01-26 22:22
BEIJING -- Nine Chinese oil workers are missing after being attacked by an
armed group in Nigeria on Thursday, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang
Yu confirmed Friday.
A
Chinese oil company compound was attacked by an unidentified group in southern
Nigeria on Thursday. Nine workers were missing and the others had been removed
to a safe place, according to a statement from China's Foreign Ministry.
Officials were still verifying the identities of the missing workers so as to
ensure their safe return, it said.
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