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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10766

18 January 2013
EXTERNAL ACTION / (ae) algeria
34 killed in hostage taking - Ashton's concern justified

Brussels, 17/01/2013 (Agence Europe) - Thirty-four foreigners taken hostage on the gas field of In Amenas since Wednesday have been killed and seven are still alive after a raid on 17 January, a spokesperson from the group that carried out the abduction told the Mauritanian news agency ANI. The Algerian news agency APS said for its part that four foreign hostages - one French, two British and one Kenyan - had been freed by the army during this operation against the Islamists, who claimed to...

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