An Italian priest from the Rome
diocese was kidnapped yesterday in Nigeria, sources said Friday,
adding that the foreign ministry's crisis unit has already been
alerted and the Rome prosecutor's office anti-terror unit has
opened a probe.
Rome prosecutors are investigating a suspected terror crime,
with Islamist terrorists Boko Haram suspected.
Sources said the priest was stopped with four other people on
his way to Benin City in southern Nigeria yesterday.
They were stopped by an armed group that stole all their
belongings and abducted the priest who has been on a mission to
Nigeria for three years.
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