Burnt bodies of three Chinese factory workers found in Nigeria
- Diplomats in Lagos urge police to step up investigations into ‘cruel’ murder
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.
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.