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 LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen attacked two oil installations in southern Nigeria, kidnapping two senior Nigerian employees of Royal Dutch Shell PLC and two foreigners, officials and colleagues said Monday.
Late Sunday night, gunmen in speedboats attacked a production barge on Calabar River and kidnapped two foreigners working for the British company Expro Group, according to private security contractors. One of those seized was British and the other was Bulgarian, according to the British Foreign Office and Bulgaria's ambassador to Nigeria.
Sunday night's attack coincided with the release of Margaret Hill, a British toddler whose father works for an energy company. The 3-year-old was the first foreign child to be kidnapped in the restive Niger river delta region.
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