The ninth worker of the nine Chinese workers kidnapped in Sudan has been killed and his body was found, confirmed an official at the Chinese embassy in Sudan on Friday evening.

So far, five of the nine kidnapped Chinese workers have been killed, while the other four workers were rescued.

Nine Chinese oil workers of the China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC) were abducted in the Southern Kordofan State on October 18.

Oct. 28, 2008, the bodies of  three Chinese workers killed by kidnappers in Sudan were transferred to the airport in Khartoum. [Xinhua]

(Xinhua News Agency November 1, 2008)