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PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria (AP) - Gunmen killed a Lebanese businessman in his home early Friday in oil-rich southern Nigeria, police said, while attackers tried to ambush a truck carrying several foreign workers in what appeared to be a kidnapping attempt later in the day.
Kidnappings and oil rig attacks are common in the river delta region of Africa's largest crude producer, where Royal Dutch Shell PLC, ExxonMobil Corp. and Eni SpA have large operations. Assailants range from militants demanding political change to criminal gangs seeking ransoms.
State police spokeswoman Irejua Barasua called the 3 a.m. attack on the Lebanese businessmen in central Port Harcourt an attempted kidnapping, but did not say why police believed the assailants were trying to abduct the man.
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