NEW ISLAMIST SECT ANSARU KILLS 7 FOREIGN HOSTAGES The new islamic sect Ansaru said it has executed the 7 foreign hostages it kidnapped in Bauchi on February 7. 7 foreign workers of Setraco were abducted at a construction site. The hostages include a briton and a french national. The sect in a screen message posted on an islamic website announced on Saturday that they had to execute the men following Nigeria's and Britain's effort at locating their hideout, they said they noticed helicopters hovering in Bauchi. They said they kidnapped the foreign nationals because of France's deployment of soldiers to fight against islamic rebels in Mali.