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BREAKING: Islamists executed 9 Japanese in Algeria: Witnesses

AFP , Sunday 20 Jan 2013

Islamists holding foreigners hostage at a gas plant in the Algerian desert executed nine Japanese captives during a 72-hour stand-off with the military, Algerian witnesses said on Sunday.

"In all nine Japanese were killed," one witness identified as Brahim told AFP a day after special forces swooped on the In Amenas facility to end the deadly siege.

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