Fate of two Malaysians unknown in Algerian crisis
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Buy SPH photosKUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - The fate of two Malaysians believed to have been caught up in the ongoing hostage crisis at a gas complex in the Algerian desert remains unknown, the foreign ministry said on Saturday.
It said that three other Malaysians who were working at the gas plant were safe. The embassy in Algeria "is still determining the fate" of the other two, the foreign ministry said in a statement.
Al-Qaeda-linked gunmen stormed the gas plant in eastern Algeria on Wednesday. They have demanded an end to the French intervention in neighboring Mali, according to Mauritania's ANI news agency.
The number of foreigners held at the plant is unclear.
