The main militant group in Nigeria's oil-producing Niger Delta said on Wednesday it would help find and negotiate the release of an Israeli engineer kidnapped in the region if asked to do so.
"We may assist the Israeli government in locating and negotiating the release of the hostage if requested to do so through its ambassador," the Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND) said in an e-mailed statement.
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