Nigeria hostages, including Italian, killed in 'cold blood'
Britain's Hague denies raid was being launched
11 March, 12:18
(ANSA) - Brussels, March 11 - An Islamist group that killed
seven foreign hostages in Nigeria, including Italian engineer
Silvano Trevisan, did so in "cold blood" and not because a raid
was being launched to release them, British Foreign Secretary
William Hague said Monday.
Trevisan was killed along with a British, a Greek and four
Lebanese construction workers.They were all abducted by al-Qaeda-linked group Ansaru in northern Nigeria's Bauchi state last month.
"No mission to rescue the hostages was taking place," Hague said. "This a just an excuse by the terrorists to justify something that cannot be justified...
"It was cold-blooded murder".
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