30 hostages killed as Algeria crisis ends
Local Japanese News In English
Thirty hostages were killed last night when Algerian forces stormed a remote desert gas plant occupied by militants in retaliation for French intervention in Mali, an Algerian security official said.
(Gulf Daily News)
Source: News On Japan
Algeria's prime minister says 37 foreign hostages were killed during the four-day-long standoff at a natural gas plant, and that at least one Canadian was among the Islamist militants who took hundreds hostage. Abdelmalek Sellal said Monday that the kidnappers came from Egypt, Canada, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Tunisia. Ref. USAToday
Three Americans were killed in the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant last week, a senior administration official said Monday. Previously, one American was known to have been killed.
Earlier in the day, the prime minister of Algeria said at least 37 hostages from multiple countries had died in the terrorist seizure.
Algerian special forces stormed the complex twice -- once Thursday and then again Saturday -- to free hostages held by Islamist militants for four days. The government said it did so because the militants were planning to blow up the installation and flee to neighboring Mali with hostages. Ref. CNN
Bodies of 9 killed in Algeria return to Japan
Local Japanese News In English
Seven survivors and the bodies of nine Japanese slain in a hostage crisis in Algeria returned to Tokyo on a government plane Friday. (The West)
Source: News On Japan
Algerian jihadists kidnap Frenchman following ISIS calls to attack Westerners:
An Al-Qaeda splinter group has kidnapped a French citizen and announced it will execute him if Paris doesn't stop its military action against the Islamic State in Iraq. France has confirmed the incident, but says it will not change the nation's position. Ref. Source 9