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Algeria crisis: PM to update MPs on aftermath Algeria siege: Details of UK dead emerge
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David Cameron will address MPs on the Algerian hostage crisis later, as efforts continue to locate three remaining Britons feared dead. More details are emerging about how British hostages were killed in Algeria, as efforts continue to locate three remaining Britons feared dead.
A raid by Algerian troops on Saturday ended a four-day siege that is thought to have left at least 48 hostages dead. Three Britons are already confirmed dead, with three victims named by their families as Paul Thomas Morgan, Kenny Whiteside and Garry Barlow.
Three Britons are already confirmed dead, with two of the victims named as Paul Thomas Morgan and Kenny Whiteside. Mr Whiteside's brother, Bob, href="http://news.stv.tv/scotland/210760-hostages-were-lined-up-and-shot-brother-describes-algerian-siege-killings/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter" >told STV that militants "lined up four hostages, including Kenny, and executed them".
The prime minister has said there could be a decades-long battle against Islamist terrorism in north Africa. PM David Cameron will address MPs on the hostage crisis later.
Meanwhile, the family of another British hostage reportedly killed, Garry Barlow, have paid tribute to "a loving, devoted family man" who "loved life and lived it to the full". The UK Foreign Office has yet to formally name any of the victims.
A UK-based Colombian is also thought to be dead. A raid by Algerian troops on Saturday ended a four-day siege at a gas plant in the east of the country that is thought to have left as many as 48 hostages dead.
In a statement from 46-year-old Mr Morgan's mother, Marianne, 65, and his 36-year-old partner, Emma Steele, he was described as "a true gentleman, a family man". Bob Whiteside said he had been told by a colleague of his brother that he had been "executed as the Algerian army went in the first time - they just lined up four and shot them".
In an interview with BBC News, Mr Whiteside said his family had found out about the death through a Facebook message from his Algerian colleague.
"We were not given any official information and it was through Facebook, of all things, that we found out of Kenny's demise."
He said police had visited him on Sunday night to confirm the death of his 59-year-old brother, who lived with his wife and two daughters in Johannesburg, South Africa.
In a statement from 46-year-old Paul Morgan's mother, Marianne, 65, and his 36-year-old partner, Emma Steele, he was described as "a true gentleman, a family man".
"He very much loved his partner Emma, his mum, brothers and sister, of who he was very proud," the statement said."He very much loved his partner Emma, his mum, brothers and sister, of who he was very proud," the statement said.
"He loved life and lived it to the full. He was a professional man proud to do the job he did and died doing the job he loved. "We are so proud of him and so proud of what he achieved in his life."
"We are so proud of him and so proud of what he achieved in his life. We are devastated by Paul's death and he will be truly missed." 'Totally devastated'
The MP for Liverpool Riverside, Louise Ellman, said Mr Morgan was one of her constituents. Meanwhile, the family of Garry Barlow, paid tribute to "a loving, devoted family man" who "loved life and lived it to the full".
Mr Whiteside, originally from Glenrothes in Fife, but who had lived in South Africa for 30 years, was named as the second victim by his brother. In a statement, the widow of the 49-year-old father-of-two, from Liverpool, said he was "very proud of his family, as they were of him".
She said his family was "totally devastated" by the death of Mr Barlow, a system supervisor for BP at the In Amenas plant.
A UK-based Colombian is also thought to be dead.
Twenty-two British survivors have been flown back to the UK and reunited with their families.Twenty-two British survivors have been flown back to the UK and reunited with their families.
'Global response' Speaking on Sunday, UK Prime Minister David Cameron said Britain faced an "extremist, Islamist, al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group."
The prime minister is chairing a meeting of the government's emergency committee, Cobra, on Monday morning. He said the threat would require a response that could last decades.
Speaking on Sunday, Mr Cameron said: "What we face is an extremist, Islamist, al-Qaeda-linked terrorist group. Just as we had to deal with that in Pakistan and in Afghanistan so the world needs to come together to deal with this threat in north Africa." On Monday afternoon, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said 37 foreigners from eight nationalities were killed during the siege at the plant near the town of In Amenas.
The prime minister said that there were clear similarities with the terrorist threat based in Afghanistan and Pakistan, although it was on a different scale. He said 29 militants had been killed and three captured alive while as many as 48 hostages, including Algerians, are thought to have died.
He said: "This is a global threat and it will require a global response. It will require a response that is about years, even decades, rather than months." Several hostages remain unaccounted for including three Britons.
Algerian officials previously said 32 militants had been killed, ahead of reports that five hostage-takers were captured at the gas plant at In Amenas on Sunday. The dead or missing include workers from the UK, the US, Japan, Norway, Romania, Malaysia, the Philippines and Romania.
Buses attacked
Algerian officials said the hostage-takers - from six different nationalities - belonged to a new Islamist group formed by a veteran Algerian militant and kidnapper, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who recently broke from al-Qaeda.Algerian officials said the hostage-takers - from six different nationalities - belonged to a new Islamist group formed by a veteran Algerian militant and kidnapper, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, who recently broke from al-Qaeda.
Mauritanian website Sahara Media says he has claimed responsibility for the hostage-taking in a video message.Mauritanian website Sahara Media says he has claimed responsibility for the hostage-taking in a video message.
The video is said to have showed Belmokhtar claiming he was prepared to negotiate with Western and Algerian leaders if French military offensives against Islamists in neighbouring Mali were stopped.The video is said to have showed Belmokhtar claiming he was prepared to negotiate with Western and Algerian leaders if French military offensives against Islamists in neighbouring Mali were stopped.
The crisis began on Wednesday when militants attacked two buses carrying foreign workers and Algerians to the remote site in south-eastern Algeria. A Briton and an Algerian reportedly died at the scene.The crisis began on Wednesday when militants attacked two buses carrying foreign workers and Algerians to the remote site in south-eastern Algeria. A Briton and an Algerian reportedly died at the scene.
The militants then took Algerians and foreign workers hostage at the complex, which was quickly surrounded by the Algerian army.The militants then took Algerians and foreign workers hostage at the complex, which was quickly surrounded by the Algerian army.
The nationalities of some of the hostages killed are still not known, but as well as the Britons, US, Norwegian, and Japanese nationals are also missing.
State news agency APS said 685 Algerian workers and 107 out of 132 foreigners working at the plant had been freed.State news agency APS said 685 Algerian workers and 107 out of 132 foreigners working at the plant had been freed.
Among the Britons, two of the survivors have been named as Lou Fear, 56, from Louth in Lincolnshire and Allen McCloud, 53, from Plymouth in Devon.Among the Britons, two of the survivors have been named as Lou Fear, 56, from Louth in Lincolnshire and Allen McCloud, 53, from Plymouth in Devon.
Other freed hostages have been named as Iain Strachan, 38, from Howwood in Renfrewshire; Darren Matthews, from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Teesside; Mark Grant, 29, from Grangemouth, near Falkirk; Alan Wright, 37, from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire; Peter Hunter, 53, from County Durham; David Murray, 47, from Kirkby in Merseyside; Huw Edwards, 55, from Macclesfield in Cheshire; Martin Johnson, 62, of Todmorden in West Yorkshire; Tony Grisedale, 60, from Workington in Cumbria and Stephen McFaul, 36, from Belfast.Other freed hostages have been named as Iain Strachan, 38, from Howwood in Renfrewshire; Darren Matthews, from Saltburn-by-the-Sea, Teesside; Mark Grant, 29, from Grangemouth, near Falkirk; Alan Wright, 37, from Portsoy in Aberdeenshire; Peter Hunter, 53, from County Durham; David Murray, 47, from Kirkby in Merseyside; Huw Edwards, 55, from Macclesfield in Cheshire; Martin Johnson, 62, of Todmorden in West Yorkshire; Tony Grisedale, 60, from Workington in Cumbria and Stephen McFaul, 36, from Belfast.