7 ABDUCTED FOREIGN WORKERS - CONFIRMED DEAD

Nigerian Islamic group responsible for kidnap of seven foreign workers has posted videos of bodies of  slain workers with Arabic caption "The killing of the seven Christian hostages in Nigeria".

British Foreign Secretary William Hague condemned the act calling it "an act of cold blooded murder".

These construction workers were kidnapped in Bauchi State, Nigeria in February 2013. They are made up of a British, an Italian, a Greek and four Lebanese.

Italian and Greek authorities confirmed on Sunday that these construction workers abducted in northern Nigeria had been killed by their abductors




Both spokespersons of National police Force and Bauchi state Division said they could not yet confirm or deny the killings.

The mute video published by Ansaru group which was dated March 9 shows a gunman standing next to a pile of corpses then a series of close-ups of their faces lit up by a torch.