Gunmen Kidnap Seven From Italian VesselWednesday November 22, 2006 10:46 AM
By DAN UDOH
Associated Press Writer
PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen have seized seven hostages from an Italian oil
supply vessel off the coast of southern Nigeria, police and company officials said
Wednesday.
Twenty-five foreign workers and nearly 60 Nigerian employees were on board a vessel
belonging to a subsidiary of Italian oil giant Eni SpA that was attacked overnight,
Eni said in a statement.
The company said 10 armed men attacked the ship and took seven people away on a
speedboat. One of the hostages was an Italian worker at Saipem, an Eni subdivision.
The company did not give the nationalities of the other hostages.
-snip-Another oil security worker said a ransom demand had already been received by the
company.
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