BREAKING: 5 BRITS EXTERMINATED IN ALGERIAN TERRORIST INCIDENT: Confirmed by UK GOVERNMENT

Not very good news ...

At least 23 hostages are known to have died, but the nationalities of some are still not known.

UK Foreign Secretary William Hague said five British nationals and one UK resident had died or were unaccounted for.

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said he had received "severe information" about the fate of Japanese hostages. Fourteen Japanese nationals were thought to be missing.

Meanwhile the chief executive of BP group, which part owns the site, said 14 of its 18 staff were safe.

Bob Dudley said the fate of the other four was still unknown but that the company had "grave fears" for them.

Helge Lund, chief executive of Norway's Statoil, said the company was still missing five workers and feared "bad news", Reuters news agency reported.

Last Edited by The Scientist on 01/19/2013 02:19 PM