Deadly Attack on US Convoy in Nigeria Leaves Four Dead and Three Kidnapped

A US convoy vehicle with embassy staffers was attacked in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria, on Tuesday. Two local workers and two policemen were killed while the assailants abducted three others, authorities said. Authorities blamed the violence on a separatist group called the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB). The incident took place along a major road in Anambra state, an epicenter of separatist violence in the region.