Militants attack Nigerian oil facility, kidnap 5

LAGOS, June 7 (Reuters) Militants attacked a Shell-operated oil facility in the Niger Delta today, setting house boats on fire and kidnapping five foreign workers, industry sources said.

The five workers were believed to be working for South Korea's Daewoo, under contract to oil giant Royal Dutch Shell, but details of the attack were still sketchy, the sources said.

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