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| China hostages 'killed in Sudan' | China hostages 'killed in Sudan' |
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| Five Chinese oil workers kidnapped in Sudan nine days ago have been killed, Sudan's foreign ministry has said. | Five Chinese oil workers kidnapped in Sudan nine days ago have been killed, Sudan's foreign ministry has said. |
| The five were part of a group of nine Chinese workers seized from an oil field in Kordofan in central Sudan. | The five were part of a group of nine Chinese workers seized from an oil field in Kordofan in central Sudan. |
| The foreign ministry said two of the group were wounded but in government hands after escaping, and two were still held by their kidnappers. | |
| The Sudanese government has blamed rebels from Darfur region, which borders Kordofan, for the kidnapping. | The Sudanese government has blamed rebels from Darfur region, which borders Kordofan, for the kidnapping. |
| Foreign ministry spokesman Ali al-Sadig said the kidnappers were from the Darfur rebel group the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). | |
| The oil workers were employees of the China National Petroleum Corporation. | |
| China is a key purchaser of Sudanese oil and has been investing heavily in the country's oil infrastructure. |