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Algerian minister confirms hostages killed; raid ongoing

Arab World Materials 17 January 2013 23:23 (UTC +04:00)
The military operation to free hostages being held at an Algerian gas complex was continuing Thursday, the country's Information Minister Mohammed Said said, confirming deaths among the hostages without giving a number, dpa reported.
Algerian minister confirms hostages killed; raid ongoing

The military operation to free hostages being held at an Algerian gas complex was continuing Thursday, the country's Information Minister Mohammed Said said, confirming deaths among the hostages without giving a number, dpa reported.

"The army's operation is continuing," Said told state television and radio in which he confirmed that several hostages - foreign and Algerian - had been freed - but that some had also been killed or injured.

Several of the hostage-takers had also been killed, he said.

Defending the aerial raid, he said the army intervened because the hostage-takers wanted to take the captives out of the country.

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