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Nigerian Police Rescue Two U.S. Embassy Staff Missing After Convoy Attack

Tuesday’s ambush highlighted the worsening security situation in parts of Nigeria

By Alexandra Wexler
 in Johannesburg and Gbenga Akingbule
 in Abuja, Nigeria
Southeastern Nigeria has suffered a surge in separatist violence in recent years. Photo: PIUS UTOMI EKPEI/AFP/Getty Images

Nigerian police officials said two U.S. Embassy staffers who were missing following an attack earlier this week on an American convoy that killed seven people were rescued unhurt early Friday.

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