Algeria To Raise Death Toll From Islamist Siege At Gas Complex -- Voice of America
Algeria is expected to raise the death toll from the hostage crisis at a natural gas complex, as preliminary reports showed that at least 80 people were killed.
Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal was expected to announce updated casualty figures at a news conference on Monday.
The Algerian government has said at least 32 militants and 23 foreign and Algerian hostages were killed in the four-day Islamist siege of the facility that ended Saturday with a final government assault.
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