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Nigeria says Briton, Italian killed before rescue
Mar 14th, 2012
The Briton and Italian kidnapped in Nigeria were abducted by a splinter cell of a radical Islamist sect and executed before a failed commando rescue operation, the nation's secret police said Wednesday. (Source: Associated Press) -
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