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Soldier killed, two expatriates kidnapped in Bayelsa state

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In what seemed like a scene from an action movie, gunmen suspected to be kidnappers shot and killed a soldier after a gun duel and captured two expatriates identified to be Lebanese along the Ogbia-Nembe Road in Bayelsa State.
Sources say soldiers who were attached to the expatriates tried to stop their kidnapping when they ran into an ambush laid by the rogues at about 8 am this morning but they were overpowered by the gunmen who shot and killed one of the soldiers causing palpable commotion along the road.
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According to a source, “The security operatives were attached as security details to the expatriates working with Setraco Construction Company. They came under heavy fire from the bushes. It was an ambush but they did not notice”.
While narrating his side of the story, a driver identified as Monday said; “it was a movie scene. The soldiers were shooting and the armed men were shooting. We later saw signs of blood everywhere when the soldiers removed the blood soaked colleague and some expatriates.”
 
 

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