A member of the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) poses with a heavy machine-gun in the Niger Delta in 2008. MEND rebels announced on Sunday they had launched a fresh attack on an oil facility run by the Anglo-Dutch group Shell in the restive Niger Delta. (AFP/File/Pius Utomi Ekpei)Nigerian Rebels Claim New Attack On Shell Facility -- Yahoo News/AFP
LAGOS (AFP) – Nigerian rebels announced on Sunday they had launched a fresh attack on an oil facility run by the Anglo-Dutch group Shell in the restive Niger Delta.
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta said in a statement it had attacked "the Shell well head at Cawthorn Channel 1" which connects with the Bonny loading terminal in Rivers state at 3:00 am Sunday.
Shell said it was investigating the claim.
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