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October 16, 2007
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Gunmen kidnap 5-year-old boy in Port Harcourt, Nigeria

LAGOS, Oct. 16 (Xinhua) -- Unidentified gunmen kidnapped a five- year-old boy from his parents' home at Orazi area of Nigeria's oilcity Port Harcourt during the weekend, according to local reports reaching here on Tuesday.

The father of the boy, Obioma Emeruwa, works with Shell Petroleum Development Company as project engineer.

The spokesman of the joint military task force in Rivers State Sagir Musa told reporters newsmen in the state's capital Port Harcourt that the boy ...

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