3 Britons kidnapped in Nigeria are freed; 1 is killed

LONDON — A British missionary who was kidnapped in Nigeria last month has been killed, but three others have been freed, the U.K. government said Monday.

The Foreign Office said that Alanna Carson, David Donovan and Shirley Donovan have returned to their families, but Ian Squire “was tragically killed.”

The four were abducted in the Niger Delta region on Oct. 13. David Donovan, a medical doctor, and his wife Shirley worked for New Foundations, a Christian charity providing vaccinations, cataract surgery and other medical treatment to people in the Niger Delta.

Carson works at an opticians’ in Leven, Scotland, and store director Adrian McCann said staff were “hugely relieved” she had been freed.