Pirates kidnap two American sailors off Nigeria

Pirates have stormed an oil supply vessel off southern Nigeria and kidnapped the ship's captain and chief engineer, both US citizens, a private security firm which tracks the region said today.

"The US-flagged C-Retriever was attacked off Brass, Nigeria," in southern Bayelsa state, Richard Fylon of AKE old AFP, a London headquartered private security firm, referring to the yesterday attack. "Both the chief engineer and the captain were kidnapped," he added, saying, "they are both American.