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About 200 Algerian hostages escaped their
captors in southern Algeria during an airstrike by the Algerian
military, Algerie 1 news site reported.
The Algerian hostages reported seeing "several" dead and injured
hostage-takers as well as "injured" foreign hostages at the site,
according to Algerie 1.
They also said 25 foreign hostages had been freed by Algerian
commandos, the report added.



