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Report: 25 hostages escape terror group in Algeria
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Greg Palkot reports from London
- Duration 2:28
- Date Jan 17, 2013
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Get with the Fox News alert developing story of that out of Algeria there were new reports now -- they're great ones that at least twenty of the hostages being held by terror group.
Have a state including some.
Great -- cot is now live in London with a breaking details great.
A Bryant's -- aggression you have breaking in the last a few minutes to -- that we have a new number the latest number we're hearing.
From Algerian security sources is that the 25.
Foreign hostages have been released in that situation in the -- -- -- desert they escaped from there was al-Qaeda linked to militants holding them captive for at least today.
Our own Jennifer Griffin in Washington quoting her government sources saying that some Americans have already escaped at least one has called home outside of that situation.
The government now the State Department we presume trying to account for all Americans whether they're inside or outside.
Guys it's a bit of a numbers game in the militants first attacked this natural gas complex in Algeria they claimed 41 foreign hostages they claimed seven Americans fox could only confirm that three were held.
Other nationalities included British Irish French Norwegian Japanese.
What ever again in the past two hours we've been hearing that Algerian security forces outside of that complex has been attacking that complex helicopters have been.
Bombing -- in -- two Japanese hostages who were trying to for re trying to escape were injured in that attack it is not clear whether that's going on is not clear what the status of those al-Qaeda linked.
Militants -- his right now either.
All of this however is a response according to the militants to the French led attack and neighboring Mali and other western African country where al-Qaeda linked militants have been taking over at least part of that country making it advance they've been moving the United States has been weighing whether -- how how much they will assist the French.
In this effort but again.
Fast breaking story in just the last few minutes the last two hours it all has changed.
The latest reports 25 foreign hostages according to Algerian government sources.
Have been freed from this situation our own sources say that some of the Americans have been freed as well it is not clear whether all have been freed is not clear whether all the hostages have been -- It's a fluid situation hopefully in the next couple a couple of hours maybe in the next few minutes we'll get a little bit more clarity -- -- -- if that happens great we'll go right actually thanks so much great -- --
