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Friday, October 31, 2008

Oil crew kidnapped off Cameroon

Armed gunmen in speedboats have kidnapped and threatened to kill 10 crew members from an oil vessel off the West African state of Cameroon.
The vessel's owners said those taken hostage were seven French nationals, two Cameroonians and a Tunisian.
The attack reportedly took place near the Bakassi peninsula, which Nigeria recently handed over to Cameroon.
A group called the Bakassi Freedom Fighters has claimed to have carried out the attack.
The group said it would kill the hostages within three days if Cameroon's government did not meet its demands.
It was not immediately clear what the group's demands were.
Reuters news agency reported that the attack had been carried out jointly with a second group called the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council.
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