Two Chinese workers kidnapped in Nigeria's Edo state - police

Unknown gunmen have kidnapped two Chinese workers and killed a policeman in the southern Nigerian state of Edo, a police spokesman said on Friday. The abductions took place on Wednesday on the outskirts of Benin City, the state capital, Edo state police commissioner Dan Malam Mohammed told Reuters, adding that the two workers were employed by a company called Time Multinational.

"The abductors have not made any contact but we are tracking them," Mohammed said. "No arrest has been made yet." No further details were immediately available. Kidnappings are common in southern Nigeria.