adminas they combed a desert gas plant after the deadly stand-off at a gas plant in the heart of the Sahara.
Citing security sources, Anis Rahmani of private television channel Ennahar said the army discovered “the bodies of 25 hostages” as they secured the sprawling In Amenas Sahara site.
Governments have been scrambling to track down missing nationals after the bloody end to the siege that saw rebels kill 23 foreign and Algerian hostages, while the Algerian government warned that the toll could rise.
“I fear that it may be revised upward,” Communications Minister Mohamed Said told public Channel 3 radio of the number of dead yesterday, a day after special forces stormed the remote desert facility to end a crisis that saw seven foreigners killed by their captors in the final moments.
A total of three British nationals are confirmed dead in the hostage crisis and a further three, plus a British resident, are believed to be dead, Prime Minister David Cameron said yesterday.
“I spoke to the Algerian prime minister yesterday and it is now clear that this appalling terrorist incident in Algeria is now over,” he said in a statement.
“Tragically, we now know that three British nationals have been killed, and a further three are believed to be dead. And also a further British resident is also believed to be dead.” — Al Jazeera
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