5 Guards Killed Near Offshore Oil Facility
November 18 2010
Assailants on a speed boat attacked an offshore facility in Cameroon owned by the Anglo-French firm Perenco on Tuesday night, killing five security personnel, reports the Dow Jones Newswire.
Pirates are suspected, reported Reuters.
The attack took place around the Moudi floating storage and offloading unit. Three Cameroonian troops from a special force dedicated to securing offshore oil and gas installations and two civilian security contractors were killed, said a company...
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