A convoy of United States embassy staff has come under fire in southeast Nigeria, leaving two employees and two police
officers dead. Gunmen also kidnapped three individuals, a driver and two other police officers during the attack on Tuesday near the town of Atani in Nigeria’s Anambra State. A rescue and recovery effort remains under way, according to a police
spokesperson in Anambra, Ikenga Tochukwu.

US National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby briefly addressed the incident at a White House press briefing on Tuesday, affirming “it does look like a US convoy vehicle was attacked”.