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Video shows bodies of foreign hostages in Nigeria

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Press Trust of India Abuja
A Nigerian Islamist group that killed seven foreign hostages it had been holding since February has posted a video on the Internet, claiming to show their bodies.

The seven were kidnapped last month by fundamentalist sect Ansaru which announced their killing last weekend.

In the video, a gunman was seen standing beside a pile of corpses. Authorities in the oil-rich African country are still denying the killings.

In fact, police spokesman Frank Mba said they were still working to rescue the abducted men even as Britain, Italy and Greece have confirmed the deaths.

The dead foreigners include, a Briton, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese workers who worked for construction firm Setraco in the restive northern part of the country.

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First Published: Mar 12 2013 | 1:55 PM IST

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