No more French held in Algeria gas plan: minister

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No more French held in Algeria gas plan: minister

January 19, 2013 01:04 PM

French Alain Berceaux, father of Alexandre Berceaux, a French hostage in Algeria who succeeded with other Algerian and foreigners to escape on January 17,2013 from the Tiguentourine gas field in southeastern Algeria, speaks with journalists on January 18, 2013 in Pagny-sur-Moselle, eastern France. AFP PHOTO / JEAN-CHRISTOPHE VERHAEGEN

PARIS: France believes there are no more French nationals being held at the Algerian desert gas plant where Islamist militants took scores hostage, France's defence minister said on Saturday .

Asked in an interview on France 3 TV if he could confirm there were no more French hostages, Defence Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said: "Yes. As far as we know today it is one Frenchman who was killed, sadly, and French nationals who were freed."

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France believes there are no more French nationals being held at the Algerian desert gas plant where Islamist militants took scores hostage, France's defence minister said on Saturday .

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