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Archive Home > 2013 > January > 20 > Hostage situation ends in bloodshed

Hostage situation ends in bloodshed

By Bulletin wire reports / The Bulletin
January 20, 2013

The four-day hostage crisis in the Sahara reached a bloody conclusion Saturday as the Algerian army carried out a final assault on the gas field taken over by Islamist militants, killing all 32 militants involved and raising the total of hostages killed to at least 23.

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