Islamic group claims responsibility for kidnap of foreign workers

A group known as Jama’atu Ansarul Musilimina Fi Biladis Sudan, popularly referred to Ansaru, has claimed responsibility for Sunday’s kidnap of seven foreign workers of a construction company, Setraco, in Jama’are, Bauchi State.
Ansaru said the kidnapping was carried out in retaliation of the transgressions done to Islam by European nations.
The statement reads in part: “By Allah’s grace, we have the custody of seven persons, which include Lebanese and their European counterparts working with Setraco.”
The statement further said the men were kidnapped because of the “transgressions done to the religion of Allah by European nations in many places such as Afghanistan and Mali.”
The foreign workers were kidnapped on Sunday morning in an operation that led to the death of a security guard of the company.