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Burnt bodies of three Chinese factory workers found in Nigeria

  • Diplomats in Lagos urge police to step up investigations into ‘cruel’ murder

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Shi Jiangtao

Police in Nigeria are investigating the murder of three Chinese people whose burnt bodies were found in Lagos over a week ago.

According to the official radio station of Zhejiang province, the three Chinese victims were employees at a furniture factory in Nigeria’s largest city owned by a businessman from Ruian city and they were killed “in a cruel manner” on December 15.

The three people went missing after dinner and their bodies were found the next day, the factory owner, surnamed He, told the station.

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Two of the victims, surnamed Zhang and Hong, came from Zhejiang province while the third, named Sun, was from Shandong.

The Chinese consulate-general said on Saturday that the circumstances of the case were “complicated” without providing further elaboration.

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