Wednesday July 8, 07:34 AM
Two key oil pipelines blown up in Nigeria: militants
LAGOS (AFP) - Militants in Nigeria's Niger Delta region said Wednesday they had blown up two key oil pipelines in the region operated by the Anglo-Dutch oil giant Shell (LSE: RDSB.L - news) and the Italian group Agip.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in a statement it had blown up the lines in a pre-dawn attack in the Bayelsa state, in the Niger Delta, as part of their campaign to cripple the oil industry.
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