LAGOS (Reuters) - A Nigerian Islamist group that killed seven foreign
hostages it had been holding since February has posted a video of their
bodies on the Internet.
Italian and Greek authorities confirmed
on Sunday that a British, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese
construction workers abducted in northern Nigeria's Bauchi state last
month had been killed by their captors.
British Foreign Secretary
William Hague said it was "very likely" they were dead, calling it "an
act of cold blooded murder". Nigerian authorities have thus far not
commented.
The national police spokesman and a spokesman for
police forces in Bauchi state both said on Monday they could not yet
confirm or deny the killings.
The silent video published by the
al-Qaeda linked group, Ansaru, and dated March 9 shows a gunman standing
next to a pile of bodies, then a series of close-ups of their faces lit
up by a torch.
It carries the Arabic title "The killing of the
seven Christian hostages in Nigeria" although the religion of the
captives was not clear.
A caption underneath says in Arabic and in English: "In the name of Allah Most Beneficent Most Merciful".
The workers were seized from the premises of the Lebanese firm Setraco in the remote town of Jama'are in Bauchi state
visit this link for the video.http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=a4zLb0zTK2c
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