American special forces including Navy seals yesterday morning rescued Philip Walton, 27-year-old, an American citizen taken hostage last week Tuesday in Massalata, a small village close to the border with Nigeria, US officials have confirmed. The American citizen abducted from his home in Niger Republic was rescued in northern Nigeria, which neighbours Niger, with the troops believed to have killed several of his captors, two US officials said on condition of anonymity, adding that no US soldier was hurt. The elite commandos jumped out of a US Air Force transport plane...