More oil workers kidnapped in Nigeria
Tuesday 15 August 2006, 22:04 GMT
Four foreign oil workers have been kidnapped from a nightclub by armed men in Nigeria's southern oil city of Port Harcourt, the fifth abduction in 10 days, witnesses and police say.
The kidnappers, who wore army uniforms, fired into the air as they stormed the site in three vehicles late on Sunday, ordered everyone in the crowded club to lie on the floor and singled out white males for abduction.
The hostages included two Britons and an Irish national, diplomats said on Monday.
The German foreign ministry said it was checking if one of its citizens was also missing.
Edith Monigha, the bar manager, said: "There was serious shooting in the bar and they left taking away some white men.
"They didn't rob us or ask for anything else, they only wanted the white men."
