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Algeria hostage crisis: death toll from around the world

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Forty citizens from nine countries, excluding Algeria, reported to have been killed or still missing

More than a week after the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria was attacked by Islamist fighters, the precise numbers caught up in the bloodshed remain uncertain.

Earlier this week the Algerian prime minister, Abdelmalek Sellal, said 37 foreign nationals from eight countries and one Algerian died in the siege, with five more people unaccounted for. However, totals released by individual nations come to a figure of 40 dead or missing from nine nations, excluding Algeria.

UK/Colombia

Three British nationals are known to have died in the siege, with three more still listed as missing, although some of these have been confirmed by their families as dead.

Five names have been made public, whether by the Foreign Office or their families: Kenny Whiteside, 59; Paul Morgan, 46; Sebastian John, 26; Garry Barlow, 49; and Carson Bilsland, 46. Carlos Estrada, a Colombian national who worked for BP and lived in London is also believed to have died.

Twenty-two British survivors were flown back to the UK.

Japan

Japan suffered the biggest confirmed death toll with 10 nationals known to have died. They all worked for a Japanese engineering company, JGC Corporation. Seven other Japanese staff survived the siege.

Several Japanese victims have been named, including JGC's former vice-president, Tadanori Aratani, 66, who had been due to meet officials from his company's British partner, BP, on the day of the hostage crisis.

Another victim, 59-year-old Fumihiro Ito, comes from Minamisanriku, one of the towns destroyed by the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami. His mother, Fukuko, lost her home in the disaster and has now lost her only son.

Philippines

According to the country's foreign ministry, six Filipinos are known to have been killed with another four missing. Four more Philippines nationals were treated in hospital in Algiers, with more than 30 others flown home after escaping.

Norway

Five Norwegian staff from the country's Statoil company remain missing, although none have as yet been confirmed as dead. They are: Tore Bech, 58; Hans Bjone, 55; Victor Sneberg, 56; Thomas Snekkevik, 35; and Alf Vik, 43.

US

Three American nationals died and seven survived. The US state department named the dead as Victor Lovelady and Frederick Buttaccio, both from Houston, and Gordon Lee Rowan, whose hometown was not given.

France

France's foreign ministry has confirmed the death of one national, Yann Desjeux, with three other French people escaping. Among the escapees was Alexandre Berceaux, a catering company worker, who spent 40 hours hidden under his bed.

Romania

Two Romanians were killed; one during the siege and one dying later in hospital from injuries sustained during the attack, according to the country's foreign ministry, which did not name the victims. Three other Romanians are known to have escaped.

Malaysia

Two Malaysians, who have not been named, were initially listed as missing, though the country's embassy in Algiers has since confirmed that one of these is known to have been killed. Three other nationals escaped.

Algeria

Sellal said earlier this week that one Algerian national, identified as a security guard, was killed in the attack. However, it remains unclear if this number will end up being higher.


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