shot dead an 11-year-old Nigerian girl and abducted her 9-year-old brother as they walked to school in the southern oil city of Port Harcourt on Thursday, police said.
Their father worked for Anglo-Dutch energy giant Royal Dutch Shell <RDSa.L> in Port Harcourt, the hub of Africa's top oil and gas industry, a company spokesman said.

Violent crime has surged in the Niger Delta since militants, who claim to be fighting for a fairer share of the region's natural resources, launched a campaign of sabotage against the oil industry three years ago.

The attackers shot the girl as she tried to prevent them from dragging her brother into a car in the Rumuokwuta area of central Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers state.

"A red Honda car intercepted them on the way (to school). The gunmen came out of the vehicle and grabbed the boy," said Rita Inoma-Abbey, police spokeswoman for Rivers.

"While the sister was struggling with them, she was shot. The gunmen went away with the boy. Passers-by rushed the girl to hospital but she died on the road."

Men, You murderers are CURSED.

You will never know peace.

You wil never know rest.

The blood of the innocent you continue to shed with impunity has caught up with you.

DEATH is the beginning of your portion.

BASTARDS!!!!!!! ILK FROM THE DEVIL'S SEMEN

It is sure a statement that men will live with what they do. These heartless men will certainly pay for their deeds. They can not go unpunished.

What a shame.