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Algeria’s prime minister says 37 foreign hostages were killed during the four-day gas plant crisis – with several executed with a bullet to the head.
Abdelmalek Sellal said at least one Canadian was among the gang of kidnappers also from Egypt, Mali, Niger, Mauritania and Tunisia and that the kidnappers crossed the border from northern Mali before swooping on the desert installation.
He said that 29 of the militants were killed and three arrested as the siege was brought to an end by an Algerian military assault at the weekend.
The update came as Prime Minister David Cameron addressed parliament on the hostage crisis – saying Britain’s top priority was to bring home the bodies of the victims. Algerian TV Video READ MOREHERE