Gunmen attack convoy of US embassy personnel in Nigeria
A convoy of United States embassy staff has come under fire in southeast Nigeria, an attack that killed 2 employees and 2 police officers.
Gunmen also kidnapped three individuals - two other police officers and a driver - during the attack on Tuesday near the town of Atani in Nigeria's Anambra State.
A rescue and recovery effort remains under way, according to a police spokesman in Anambra, Ikenga Tochukwu.
'The hoodlums murdered two of the Police Mobile Force operatives and two staff of the Consulate, and set their bodies ablaze and their vehicles,' spokesperson said, noting the area was known for separatist violence.
It is not immediately clear the nature of the trip by the US embassy staffers in Anambra, nor how many people were in the convoy.
United States National Security Council spokesman John Kirby briefly addressed the incident at a White House press briefing on Tuesday, affirming 'it does look like a US convoy vehicle was attacked. What I can tell you is that no US citizens were involved and, therefore, there were no US citizens hurt'.
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