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Nigeria rescue bid: Kidnapped Briton and Italian killed
Source: BBC
A Briton and an Italian abducted by gunmen in Nigeria last year have died in a failed rescue attempt, David Cameron has announced.
He said it appeared Chris McManus and Italian Franco Lamolinara had been "murdered by their captors before they could be rescued".
British forces supported the Nigerian-led operation, Mr Cameron said.
Gunmen abducted the two engineers from their lodgings in Birnin Kebbi city, in north-west Nigeria, on 12 May, 2011.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-17305707
