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| Algeria says military operation to free hostages 'over' | Algeria says military operation to free hostages 'over' |
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| The military operation to free hostages at a desert gas plant is now over, the Algerian state news agency reports. | |
| Four foreigners were reportedly freed but up to 34 hostages and 14 kidnappers died in the operation against Islamic militants, according to APS. | |
| The British government said it had been told the gas plant was still being searched and the number of causalities was still unconfirmed. | |
| Al-Qaeda-linked fighters occupied the facility near In Amenas on Wednesday. | Al-Qaeda-linked fighters occupied the facility near In Amenas on Wednesday. |
| Algerian state television says four foreigners were killed in the operation by Algerian forces to liberate hostages held by militants in a remote natural gas complex. | |
| There has however been no confirmation of the number of dead of any nationality, either among the hostages or the kidnappers. | |
| British government sources have told the BBC that they are preparing for news of multiple British casualties. | |
| BBC political editor Nick Robinson says ministers are still awaiting information from the Algerian government on the number of British dead, injured and missing. | |
| Hundreds of Algerian workers and some foreign workers were reported to have escaped during the military operation. |