Algeria: Two Killed and 41 Foreigners Kidnapped Algerian Gas Field Attack [View all]

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Armed militants with suspected links to Al-Qaeda have killed two people, wounded six others and abducted 41 foreigners in an attack on a gas field run by the oil giant BP in central Algeria.

Algerian state media said one of those killed was a British national, but this has not been confirmed by the British Foreign Office.

Two policemen and four workers, including two foreigners, were among those wounded in the attack on the In Amenas gas field near the border with Libya.

A spokesperson for the attackers says 41 people have been taken hostage, including seven Americans and expatriates from France, Britain and Japan.

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