Gunmen attack boat transporting Eni SpA workers, Kill two people

Gunmen in Nigeria opened fire on a boat transporting Eni SpA workers in the oil-rich Niger River delta, killing at least two people, the company said.

The team was attacked on June 29 “on the way to a well location for routine operations in the Nembe area,” Rome-based Eni said in an e-mailed statement on Saturday. “Three members of the team managed to escape.”

The bodies of the two that were missing were found two days later, the oil producer said. Security agencies are investigating the incident, according to the company. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, said Desmond Agu, the local commandant of the Civil Defence Force, whose agency had been part of the search party that recovered the bodies.