2 Germans killed in Nigeria
Two German men have been killed in Nigeria, the foreign
ministry in Berlin said Wednesday, as media reported they were engineers shot
dead while on a motorcycle trip.
"Unfortunately we can confirm that two German nationals
were killed in Nigeria last weekend," a foreign ministry spokesman told
AFP.
"The German embassy in Abuja is seeking clarification
and is in close contact with Nigerian authorities."
The ministry did not release further details, either on the
victims or the suspected killers.
Regional German newspaper Ostseezeitung said the men, one
aged 34 and the other in his mid-50s, were engineers working for German
construction company Julius Berger.
Originally from the eastern German state of
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, they had lived in Nigeria for years and were on
a private trip when they were killed last Saturday, the newspaper said.
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