Nigerian militants attack Shell oil flow station

PORT HARCOURT, Sept 15 (Reuters) - Nigerian militants attacked a Royal Dutch Shell oil flow station on Monday in a third day of heavy fighting with security forces in the Niger Delta region, the military said.

Lieutenant Colonel Sagir Musa, spokesman for the military task force in Rivers state, said the flow station at Alakiri in Rivers state was on fire after the attack.

(Reporting by Austin Ekeinde; Writing by Randy Fabi)