Two German men have been killed in Nigeria, the foreign ministry in
Berlin said on Wednesday, as media reported they were engineers shot
dead while on a motorcycle trip.
"Unfortunately we can confirm
that two German nationals were killed in Nigeria last weekend," a
foreign ministry spokesperson told AFP.
"The German embassy in Abuja is seeking clarification and is in close contact with Nigerian authorities."
The ministry did not release further details, either on the victims or the suspected killers.
Regional
German newspaper Ostseezeitung said the men, one aged 34 and the other
in his mid-50s, were engineers working for German construction company
Julius Berger.
Originally from the eastern German state of
Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, they had lived in Nigeria for years and
were on a private trip when they were killed last Saturday, the
newspaper said.
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