From: Glen Closson (glen_closson@earthlink.net)
Date: Thu Nov 10 2005 - 18:56:49 PST
This is the people you are dealing with:
http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L30687906.htm
Looters combed Nigeria plane crash site - report
30 Oct 2005 11:32:34 GMT
Source: Reuters
ABUJA, Oct 30 (Reuters) - Looters rushed to the site of a plane crash in
Nigeria last week, removing cash and jewels from among body parts and
smouldering wreckage, a Nigerian newspaper reported on Sunday quoting local
police.
The aircraft, operated by Nigerian airline Bellview, crashed in a marsh in
Ogun State on Oct. 22 shortly after taking off from Lagos on its way to the
capital Abuja. All 117 people on board were killed.
Officials initially deployed helicopters and cars full of emergency workers
to a site 150 km (100 miles) further north in Oyo state, only to find
nothing there. It took 15 hours for authorities to identify the correct
location.
The Punch newspaper said that in the meantime, looters from nearby areas
combed the wreckage, taking personal effects belonging to the victims. They
searched frantically for foreign currency in the belief that people rich
enough to travel by plane would routinely carry large amounts of cash on
them.
"Some people even stripped some of the body parts, that was callous," the
newspaper quoted Ogun State police chief Tunji Alapinni as saying.
The majority of Nigeria's 140 million people live in extreme poverty and a
lack of job prospects and resources has fostered a high crime rate. Armed
robbery, racketeering and money-making scams are common.
-Glen
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