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 PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Government troops arrested about 100 people in a search for militants suspected of taking oil industry workers hostage in Nigeria's petroleum-rich south, the army said Saturday.
The forces set up roadblocks around the key city of Port Harcourt Saturday, a day after the troops began house searches in one neighborhood.
Army spokesman Maj. Sagir Musa said 100 people were arrested but didn't provide details or elaborate on connection to the abductions. He said he did not know of anyone seriously injured or killed in the crackdown.
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