{"id":22196,"date":"2013-01-21T11:25:16","date_gmt":"2013-01-21T10:25:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/uk.news.yahoo.com\/algeria-crisis-missing-brit-hostages-sought-042017688.html"},"modified":"2013-01-21T11:25:16","modified_gmt":"2013-01-21T10:25:16","slug":"algeria-crisis-missing-brit-hostages-sought","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/breaking-news\/algeria-crisis-missing-brit-hostages-sought\/","title":{"rendered":"Algeria Crisis: Missing Brit Hostages Sought"},"content":{"rendered":"
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David Cameron is to update MPs on the aftermath of the Algerian hostage crisis – as officials work to establish the fate of the final missing British workers.<\/p>\n

Three Britons are now known to have died in a four-day siege at the BP gas plant and three more are believed to be dead. A UK resident is also thought to have died.<\/p>\n

The first of the British victims to be officially named was 46-year-old Paul Morgan, from Liverpool.<\/p>\n

He was reported to be a former Foreign Legion soldier and Gulf War veteran who was in charge of security at the In Amenas plant.<\/p>\n

His mother Marianne, 65, and partner Emma Steele, 36, described him in a statement as a “true gentleman”.<\/p>\n

In a statement they said: “Paul was a true gentleman, a family man, he very much loved his partner Emma, his mum, brothers and sister, of whom he was very proud.<\/p>\n

“He loved life and lived it to the full. He was a professional man proud to do the job he did and died doing the job he loved.<\/p>\n

“We are so proud of him and so proud of what he achieved in his life. We are devastated by Paul’s death and he will be truly missed.”<\/p>\n

The siege ended on Saturday and Algerian authorities warned the figure of 23 hostages killed at the remote facility would rise sharply.<\/p>\n

Bomb squads searching for booby-trap devices left by the Islamist militants discovered 25 bodies, some so badly disfigured they could not be identified.<\/p>\n

Thirty-two terrorists also died and there were reports last night that five others had been captured alive.<\/p>\n

Veteran jihadist Mokhtar Belmokhtar sent a video to a Mauritanian-based news website in which he claimed one of his cells, known as “Those Who Sign In Blood”, was responsible for the attack.<\/p>\n

Foreign Secretary William Hague<\/strong> branded the militants “cold-blooded murderers” and said reports they had “executed” seven of their hostages before the final battle could well be true.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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