Shell reduces staff at Nigeria fields after attacks

ABUJA, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Royal Dutch Shell (RDSa.L) has reduced the number of employees at some of its Nigerian oil fields after militants attacked several of its facilities in the last three days, a spokeswoman said on Monday. Militants attacked a Shell-operated flow station and gas plant in Alakiri in Rivers state earlier on Monday, killing at least one security guard and injuring four others.

A Shell spokeswoman said it has "down-manned facilities in some field locations," but could not elaborate due to security reasons. (Reporting by Randy Fabi; Editing by Tume Ahemba, editing by Anthony Barker