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PRESS TV

Four employees of an engineering company in Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria were abducted on Friday by gunman dressed in military attire, police say.

One Lebanese worker and three Syrian expatriates were taken near the oil hub of Port Harcourt, said police spokeswoman Rita Inoma Abbey.

"The hoodlums kidnapped the four ... and fled while firing at the police," she said.

Every year, hundreds of kidnapping incidents take place in the oil producing region of the Niger Delta.

The victims are usually released unharmed a few days after the kidnapping.