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By Matt Smith, CNN
March 11, 2013 — Updated 0035 GMT (0835 HKT)
An image released by the radical Islamist group Ansaru reportedly shows members posing at an undisclosed place in 2012.
STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- “This was an act of cold-blooded murder,” British official says
- The hostages had been seized from a construction company office in February
- Their captors blame a raid; Britain says blame “rests squarely with the terrorists”
(CNN) — Britain, Italy and Greece on Sunday confirmed that hostages from their countries were among seven construction workers reported killed in Nigeria over the weekend.
“This was an act of cold-blooded murder, which I condemn in the strongest terms,” British Foreign Secretary William Hague said in a statement announcing that a British construction worker was among the dead.
Events like these use to cause military campaigns to teach the jihadists not to do such things, now nothing will happen.