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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen kidnapped four Norwegian and Ukrainian workers from a boat heading to oil rigs in the latest violence targeting the petroleum industry in Nigeria, the continent's largest exporter of crude oil, officials said Wednesday.
The two Norwegians and two Ukrainians were taken hostage in the Gulf of Guinea late Tuesday during a raid on a supply vessel owned by Norwegian shipping firm Trico Supply, company spokesman Bjorn Endresen said.
Trico Marine Services Inc., the company that owns Trico Supply, said it had made contact with the kidnapped Norwegians and negotiations had begun for their release.
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