EKET, Nigeria, Oct. 4 (UPI) -- Gunmen killed two security guards and abducted seven oil workers from their residence in Eket, Nigeria, officials said Wednesday.
The missing workers for a subcontractor of Exxon Mobil were from Britain, Romania, Indonesia and Malaysia, police said.
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Oil workers are frequent targets in the impoverished Niger Delta region and are usually released unharmed once a ransom is paid, The Daily Mirror said.
No group had yet claimed responsibility for the Tuesday night attack nor had any ransom requests been received, authorities said.
Mobil is the second largest oil operator in Nigeria, exporting about 650,000 barrels of crude a year.
