Hostages Killed as Algerian Forces Storm Natural Gas Plant
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Foreign hostages died along with their captors yesterday as Algerian forces raided a natural gas plant to free workers seized by an al-Qaeda-linked group.
There were conflicting reports about the number of foreign and Algerian hostages and their captors killed in the fight in a remote area of the south eastern Algeria desert, where the militants struck at a gas complex operated by London-based BP Plc, Statoil ASA of Norway and Algeria’s Sonatrach. A U.S. plane landed near the site today to evacuate American nationals, private Algerian broadcaster Nahar reported.