At least 20 foreign hostages and some Americans escaped Thursday from an Al Qaeda-linked group who are now pinned down in an Algerian natural gas complex in the Sahara desert, according to Algerian and U.S. officials.
"Security forces have surrounded the area and cornered the terrorists, who are in one wing of the complex's living quarters," Kabila said.
The militant group said Thursday that an strafing run executed by Algerian helicopters killed 35 hostages and 15 of their members, the Associated Press reports. But the claim could not be independently verified.
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