LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) — More than 30 assailants stormed a house in northern Nigeria, killing two people and kidnapping a French engineer, in the latest abduction to hit the West African nation, officials said Thursday.
The engineer, a contractor for French renewable energy firm Vergnet SA, appeared to have been the target, Katsina state police chief Abdullahi Magaji said. A neighbor and a security guard were killed in the attack on the Frenchman’s home Wednesday night in the town of Rimi, 15 miles (25 kilometers) from the city of Katsina, he said.
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