Gunmen Kidnap 2 Americans and 2 Canadians in Nigeria
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Gunmen Kidnap 2 Americans and 2 Canadians in Nigeria
17, 2018
LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen ambushed two Americans and two Canadians traveling through the Nigerian state of Kaduna, kidnapping them
and killing two police officers, a state police spokesman said Wednesday.
The visitors were heading south from Kafanchan in Kaduna to the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday night
when they were ambushed around Kagarko, the Kaduna state police spokesman, Mukhtar Aliyu, said.
" Mr. Aliyu said. that The two police escorts attached to them engaged the kidnappers in
a fierce gun battle, which resulted in the unfortunate death of the two police officers,
The Americans and Canadians are investors setting up solar stations in villages around Kafanchan, Mr. Aliyu said.
Last year, two German archaeologists were seized at gunpoint less than 60 miles northeast of Abuja and later freed unharmed by their kidnappers.
17, 2018
LAGOS, Nigeria — Gunmen ambushed two Americans and two Canadians traveling through the Nigerian state of Kaduna, kidnapping them
and killing two police officers, a state police spokesman said Wednesday.
The visitors were heading south from Kafanchan in Kaduna to the capital, Abuja, on Tuesday night
when they were ambushed around Kagarko, the Kaduna state police spokesman, Mukhtar Aliyu, said.
" Mr. Aliyu said. that The two police escorts attached to them engaged the kidnappers in
a fierce gun battle, which resulted in the unfortunate death of the two police officers,
The Americans and Canadians are investors setting up solar stations in villages around Kafanchan, Mr. Aliyu said.
Last year, two German archaeologists were seized at gunpoint less than 60 miles northeast of Abuja and later freed unharmed by their kidnappers.