Strike on Islamists 'kills 34 hostages'
- Published: 17 Jan 2013 at 21.42
- Online news: World
Algerian military forces killed 34 hostages and 15 of their Islamist kidnappers in an assault on a remote desert gas field on Thursday, the ANI news agency quoted a spokesman for the kidnappers as saying
"Thirty-four hostages and 15 kidnappers were killed in an (air) raid by the Algerian army," the spokesman said in remarks that have not been independently confirmed.
The source said Westerners were among the dead, but did not elaborate.
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