Hi °C | Lo °C AN Islamist group linked to al Qaeda has claimed responsibility for the kidnapping of seven foreigners during a night time raid in a remote northern Nigerian town at the weekend.
"(We) have the custody of seven persons, which include Lebanese and their European counterparts working with Setraco," read a statement from Ansaru, a group that has kidnapped other foreigners in Nigeria in the past.
Gunmen killed a security guard and abducted a Briton, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese workers after storming the housing compound of Lebanese construction firm Setraco in Jama'are in Bauchi state late on Saturday.
