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Russian workers kidnapped in Niger Delta

IKOT ABASI, Nigeria (UPI) -- Two Russian aluminum plant workers have been kidnapped by Nigerian gunmen in the Niger River delta, company officials said Saturday.

Aluminum maker UC Rusal confirmed the kidnapping of its two employees in Nigeria, issuing a statement to Itar-Tass saying, "Today in the morning, an armed attack was made on a settlement in the south of the city of Ikot Abasi in Nigeria where Rusal employees are living. They were working at the Alscon aluminium plant there."

The BBC said local reports indicated that gunmen in speedboats attacked the residential compound in the middle of the night and that the Russians' whereabouts were unknown.

Attacks on foreigners are common in the Niger Delta. More than 200 have been kidnapped by militants operating at the heart of Nigeria's oil industry since 2006, the broadcaster said.

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