12 bodies from Algeria attack Japanese: hospital
- Published: 20 Jan 2013 at 19.45
- Online news: Asia
Twelve bodies being held at a morgue in Algeria's In Amenas hospital, where victims of a bloody hostage crisis were taken, are Japanese, a hospital source said on Sunday.
A road sign near an accommodation compound belonging to Algeria's Sonatrach oil company in Tiguentourine near In Amenas in the desert in Algeria's deep south on January 19, 2013. Twelve bodies being held at a morgue in Algeria's In Amenas hospital, where victims of a bloody hostage crisis were taken, are Japanese, a hospital source said on Sunday.
"Twelve bodies that have been stored at the morgue are Japanese," the source told AFP after the government in Tokyo said it had no confirmation of the fate of 10 of its nationals who remain unaccounted for.
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