KHARTOUM - Three Chinese workers were kidnapped by militants in Sudan's Darfur region on Saturday, and a Chinese engineer is missing there, officials with the Chinese embassy in Khartoum told Xinhua on Sunday.

The Sudan branch office of China Railway 18 Bureau Group Co, Ltd (CR18G) reported to the Chinese embassy that a construction site of the road between El Fasher and Um Keddada in North Darfur State came under attack by a group of armed militants at 2 pm local time (1100 GMT) on Saturday, according to an embassy official.

Three Chinese drivers who were transporting building materials were kidnapped by the militants along with several Sudanese workers, the source said, adding that another Chinese engineer went missing when inspecting along the road at around 4 pm local time (1300 GMT) on Saturday.

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