Gunmen kidnap seven foreign workers in Nigeria

Gunmen attacked a camp for a construction company in rural northern Nigeria, killing a guard and kidnapping seven foreign workers from Britain, Greece, Italy, and Lebanon, authorities said.

It is the biggest kidnapping yet in a region under attack by Islamic extremists.

The attack on Saturday night happened in Jama’re, a town in a rural portion of Bauchi state. The gunmen first attacked a local prison, burning two police trucks, Bauchi state police spokesman Hassan Muhammed told the Associated Press.