Militant Algerian Foreign Hostages

                            

DUBAI, KOMPAS.com - A group of militants seized dozens of foreigners in gas-rich regions in the In Amenas, Algeria, Wednesday (16/1), the APS news agency .

Algerian Interior Minister, Daho Ould Kabila, said around 20 terrorists, driving a SUV tigal, attacked foreign workers and Algeria at a gas facility at In Amenas. In an exchange of fire with security guards, two people were killed and six others wounded.

So far, about 20 people were taken hostage at fasitas workers were still alive, said Ould Kabila. They include citizens of Norway, France, UK, Ireland, USA and Japan. Currently besieged building Algerian troops.

According to some reports, the captors demanded the release of about 100 Algerian Islamic militants from prison. Other reports say they want an end to foreign military operations in Mali.

"The kidnappers demanded the release of 100 militants held in Algeria, in exchange for their hostages," said AFP quoted a worker at the complex gas.