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Since 2006, militant groups in Nigeria's Niger Delta, especially the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND), have resorted to taking foreign employees of oil companies hostage as part of the conflict in the Niger Delta. More than 200 foreigners have been kidnapped since 2006, though most were released unharmed. The following is a list of known hostages taken. ==2006== *Jan.10: Militants kidnap 4 foreign workers from an offshore platform, and release them January 30. *February 18: MEND rebels attack an oil barge and seize 9 hostages: 3 Americans, 2 Egyptians, 2 Thais, a Filipino, and a Britain. All but two Americans and a Britain are released March 1; the three others are released March 27. *May 11: Vito Macrina, an Italian, and two other employees of Saipem are abducted and freed the next day. *October 3: A militant group abducted four Scots, a Malaysian, an Indonesian and a Romanian from a bar in Akwa Ibom state.〔http://news.monstersandcritics.com/africa/article_1208378.php/Militant_group_claims_it_killed_9_Nigerian_soldiers〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Foreign hostages in Nigeria」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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