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 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked a southern Nigerian oil export terminal belonging to a subsidiary of Italy's Eni SpA early Thursday, taking three Italians and a Lebanese hostage and killing another person, officials said.
The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-rich delta claimed responsibility for seizing the hostages and vowed more attacks if the government doesn't release two local leaders from jail and compensate the community for environmental pollution caused by oil companies.
Bayelsa state Police Commissioner Hafiz Ringim confirmed the attack just before dawn on the Agip oil export station, which exports some 200,000 barrels of oil daily from the town of Brass.
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