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Nigerian militants seize workers from oil rig

10.11.2010 [12:56]
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Baku, November 10 (AZERTAC). Gunmen in Nigeria have attacked an oil rig and seized up to seven workers after a recent lull in such raids.

Afren, the company which operates the rig, said two workers had been wounded. Those seized are reportedly from the US, France, Canada and Indonesia.

The raid came as an e-mail was sent to journalists warning of new attacks on oil installations in the Niger Delta.

Violence in the oil-producing region had subsided after the main militant group accepted an amnesty last year.

London-based Afren PLC said the gunmen had also attacked a support ship but that both the boat and the rig in the Okoro field off the coast of Nigeria`s Akwa Ibom state were now under its control.

The wounded pair have been flown by helicopter for medical treatment, it said.

The company did not provide any further details of Sunday`s attack but said drilling operations had been suspended.

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