Algeria Vows Tougher Security After al-Qaeda’s Sahara Siege
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Algeria will increase security at oil and gas installations after a terrorist attack and military response left as many as 85 people dead and exposed a growing threat from al-Qaeda in North Africa.
Authorities said at least 23 hostages died along with 32 militants after the final Jan. 19 Algerian special forces assault at the Saharan In Amenas facility, operated by BP Plc, Norway’s Statoil ASA and Algeria’s state-run Sonotrach. Security forces found about 30 more corpses yesterday, reported to be Algerian and foreign hostages, though they could not immediately be identified, according to al-Watan newspaper.