Nigeria militants say attack Shell oil well head
LAGOS, July 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria's main militant group said on Sunday it had attacked a Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) oil facility in the Niger Delta connected to the Bonny oil export terminal.
"(We) lashed out at the Shell well head 20, located at Cawthorne Channel 1 today at about 0300 hours ... The facility connects to the Bonny loading terminal in Rivers state," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an emailed statement.
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