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No government attempted military rescue of Nigeria hostages -Italy

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10-03-2013 | 09:39

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No government attempted military rescue of Nigeria hostages -Italy

A Greek hostage who was abducted along with six others in Nigeria in February by a Nigerian Islamist group is believed to be dead, the Greek foreign ministry said on Sunday.

"The information we have shows that the Greek citizen is dead," the Greek foreign ministry said in a statement. "The ministry has informed his family."

On another note, the killing of foreign hostages by Nigerian Islamists was not the response to a rescue attempt, cited by the Ansaru group as the reason for the deaths, Italy's foreign ministry said on Sunday.

"There was never any military attempt to rescue the hostages by any of the governments concerned," the foreign ministry said in a statement.

It said the killing "can have no explanation other than blind and barbaric violence."

A Nigerian Islamist group said on Saturday it had killed the seven foreign hostages seized last month.

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