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18 February 2013 Last updated at 18:15 GMT
Nigeria Islamists Ansaru claim Bauchi Setraco seizures
Nigerian militant group Ansaru says it kidnapped seven foreign workers in a
raid that saw a security guard killed.
Italian, Filipino, British, Greek and Lebanese workers are thought to be among
those being held after the attack in the northern state of Bauchi.
They were working on a construction project when the militants attacked on
Sunday, reports say.
Ansaru, an Islamist group, emerged last June and recently carried out a raid in
which it kidnapped a French national.
The group announced it was behind Sunday's kidnappings in an email sent to
journalists, saying it had "the custody of seven persons, which include
Lebanese and their European counterparts" working with construction firm
Setraco.
On Monday, the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office would still not confirm or
deny reports that a Briton was among those held.
The kidnapping of foreigners and wealthy Nigerians is common in the oil-rich
Niger Delta region, in the south of the country, and has become a lucrative
trade for criminals.
Oil workers and other foreign nationals are often targeted because companies
pay high ransom money to secure their employees' release, correspondents say.
But the seizure of seven foreign workers in the north of the country makes
Sunday's raid one of the most significant in that region in recent memory.
The raid was preceded by an attack on the local police station, when two
vehicles were blown up, in the town of Jama'are, some 125 miles (200km) north
of the state capital, Bauchi.
The attackers then moved on to a camp belonging to Setraco, killing a guard and
seizing the workers. Setraco is currently expanding a major road in the area.
The state capital has itself been attacked several times by Boko Haram, which
wants to impose Sharia (Islamic law) across Nigeria.
Ansaru, which announced its existence in a video released in June 2012, is
suspected of being an off-shoot of Boko Haram.
The new movement has been listed by the UK government as a "terrorist
organisation" aligned with al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb.
The first attack for which it claimed responsibility was an attack on a police
station in Nigeria's capital, Abuja, in November 2012.
The group has warned it would target non-Muslims "in self-defence".
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