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Algeria siege: 37 foreigners died, PM says Algeria siege: 37 foreigners died, PM says
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Algeria's Prime Minister has said 37 foreigners from eight nationalities were killed during the siege at a gas plant in the east of the country.Algeria's Prime Minister has said 37 foreigners from eight nationalities were killed during the siege at a gas plant in the east of the country.
In a statement, PM Abdelmalek Sellal also said at least one Canadian was among the militants who seized the gas plant near the town of In Amenas. In a statement, PM Abdelmalek Sellal said one Canadian was among the militants who seized the plant and took hostages near the town of In Amenas.
As many as 48 hostages, including Algerians, are thought to have died. He said 29 of the militants had been killed and three were captured alive.
Several captives remain unaccounted for following the four-day siege, which ended with an army raid on Sunday. The four-day siege ended on Sunday. As many as 48 hostages, including Algerians, are thought to have died.
A number of hostages remain unaccounted for.
The dead or missing include workers from the UK, the US, Japan, Norway, Romania, Malaysia, the Philippines and Romania.
Mr Sellal said the kidnappers had crossed into the country from northern Mali, and that they were from Algeria, Egypt, Tunisia, Mali, Niger, Canada and Mauritania.
The militants said they had taken hostages in retaliation for French intervention against Islamists in Mali.