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| Nigeria militants in deadly raid | Nigeria militants in deadly raid |
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| Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region have attacked a pumping station, killing three security guards. | Militants in Nigeria's oil-rich Niger Delta region have attacked a pumping station, killing three security guards. |
| A spokesman for the oil giant Total says the station, which produces some 35,000 barrels of oil a day, has shut. | A spokesman for the oil giant Total says the station, which produces some 35,000 barrels of oil a day, has shut. |
| Meanwhile, Shell is evacuating its family staff members after a car bomb on Monday exploded inside a residential compound in the city of Port Harcourt. | Meanwhile, Shell is evacuating its family staff members after a car bomb on Monday exploded inside a residential compound in the city of Port Harcourt. |
| Both militants and local criminals have attacked oil facilities and kidnapped oil workers to obtain ransom money. | Both militants and local criminals have attacked oil facilities and kidnapped oil workers to obtain ransom money. |
| There are reports that another flow station, operated by Italian company Agip, was raided by armed men overnight in Bayelsa state. | |
| "There was an attack at the Agip flow station at Tebidaba. I don't know if there were any casualties," a military officer to AFP news agency. | |
| A Total official told Associated Press news agency that the Obagi station in Rivers State had been shut down, but gave no further details of the attack. | A Total official told Associated Press news agency that the Obagi station in Rivers State had been shut down, but gave no further details of the attack. |
| However, the police confirmed the raid. | However, the police confirmed the raid. |
| "Militants at 3.30am attacked a facility at Obagi. Three people were killed," a police spokesman told Reuters news agency. | "Militants at 3.30am attacked a facility at Obagi. Three people were killed," a police spokesman told Reuters news agency. |
| Royal Dutch Shell in Port Harcourt says the relocation of families and dependants from three residential quarters was a precautionary move. | Royal Dutch Shell in Port Harcourt says the relocation of families and dependants from three residential quarters was a precautionary move. |
| "We don't want to take chances and jeopardise the safety and security of our workers and their families," a spokesman told AFP. | |
| Another blast on Monday hit the fence of a compound belonging to Agip. | |
| There were no casualties in either attack, which the militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) claimed responsibility for Monday's car bomb attacks. | There were no casualties in either attack, which the militant group, Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (Mend) claimed responsibility for Monday's car bomb attacks. |
| Mend are demanding the release of two leaders and more oil wealth for locals. | Mend are demanding the release of two leaders and more oil wealth for locals. |
| The world's eighth biggest exporter of crude has been losing more than 500,000 barrels of oil per day since February when militants demanding greater local control of oil wealth staged a series of raids on the industry. | The world's eighth biggest exporter of crude has been losing more than 500,000 barrels of oil per day since February when militants demanding greater local control of oil wealth staged a series of raids on the industry. |