Discrepancy in hostage totals

AP) Gunmen on Friday kidnapped foreign oil workers, including three Americans and four Britons, in Nigeria’s unruly southern petroleum-producing region, officials said.

Security forces in the region said only six people were kidnapped, including an Indian, but details released by U.S. and British embassy officials put the number at at least seven. The discrepancy couldn’t be immediately reconciled.

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