PORT HARCOURT, Nigeria: Three Australians, a New Zealander and a South African have been kidnapped along with two locals in Nigeria’s southeast after their vehicle was attacked, officials said on Thursday.

The hold-up, in which the driver was shot dead, happened in the Akpabuyo district near the capital of Cross River state, Calabar, at about 7 a.m. (0600 GMT) on Wednesday, Nigerian police said.

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