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 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - The United States closed its consulate in the Nigerian city of Lagos after receiving a "terrorist threat" by telephone, a U.S. military official said Friday. The move prompted Britain, Germany, Italy and Russia to close their nearby diplomatic missions.
The closure of the American mission began Thursday afternoon after "there was some kind of terrorist threat made," U.S. Maj. Holly Silkman, a spokeswoman for the Germany-based U.S. European Command, told reporters in Dakar, Senegal.
The threat was "called in," she said without elaborating.
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