Bakassi militia Cameroon says hostage killed in rescue bid Bourbon Sagitta

[Fred Vloo]

The commander of a Bakassi militia group which kidnapped 10 mostly French oil workers from a ship off Cameroon last week said on Wednesday one of the hostages was killed in a failed rescue bid by Cameroon soldiers.
I received news from my men that they were attacked by Cameroonian soldiers, and that during the attack the soldiers shot and killed one of the hostages, Niger Delta Defence and Security Council commander Ebi Dari said
He did not identify the hostage or his nationality.

[Fred Vloo]

A Bakassi militia group which kidnapped 10 mostly French oil workers from a ship off Cameroon last week said on Thursday all the hostages were still alive, retracting a report that one had been killed in a rescue bid.
   Ebi Dari, commander of the Niger Delta Defence and Security Council (NDDSC), said all 10 hostages were "fine", contradicting a statement he made to Reuters on Wednesday that one hostage had been shot dead in a failed rescue attempt by Nigerian marines.
   However, a man who gave his name as General A.G. Basuo and said he was directing the group's operations on the ground, said a French hostage whom militants first thought had been killed during a gunfight with the marines had in fact survived.