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LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigerians with assault rifles overran a navy base early Tuesday, taking several troops hostage, and occupied a nearby oil facility belonging to a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell PLC, a police official said.
Hafiz Ringim, police commissioner for Nigeria's southern Bayelsa state, did not how many troops were taken hostage or how many attackers were involved.
"The government is attempting to negotiate with (the attackers). We have officers on their way down there now," Ringim said. "There is quite a number of them. There have been no injuries yet."
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