'I was prepared to die': Algeria hostage
- Published: 21 Jan 2013 at 16.45
- Online news: Asia
A Japanese hostage who narrowly survived the armed attack on an Algerian gas plant said he was sure he would die after seeing two colleagues shot dead in front of him, a report said Monday.
A still image broadcast by Algeria's Ennahar TV on January 19, 2013 shows hostages surrendering to Islamist gunmen who overtook a gas facility in Tiguentourine near In Amenas in the south of the country. A Japanese hostage who narrowly survived the armed attack on an Algerian gas plant said he was sure he would die after seeing two colleagues shot dead in front of him, a report said Monday.
The unnamed man described how Islamist gunmen had dragged him from his barricaded room, handcuffed him and executed two hostages standing nearby, as an Algerian survivor told of explosives strapped to bound captives.
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