Japan reels after Algeria deaths confirmed
- Published: 22 Jan 2013 at 13.45
- Online news: Asia
Japan was left reeling Tuesday after the deaths of at least seven nationals in the Algerian desert siege, with calls for greater protection for those working abroad and a realisation its citizens are not immune from terrorism.
Body bags containing victims that were killed during the Algerian desert siege are unloaded from a truck in In Amenas on January 21, 2012. Japan was left reeling Tuesday after the deaths of at least 7 nationals in the siege, with calls for greater protection for those working abroad.
Newspapers and television programmes carried extensive coverage of the late night confirmation of what the country had been dreading, with the respected business daily Nikkei saying the anger Japan felt was "abominable".
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