AN Algerian air strike has killed 34 hostages, some of them Westerners, and 15 of their Islamist kidnappers at a desert gas field, a spokesman for the kidnappers has been quoted as saying.
"Thirty-four hostages and 15 kidnappers were killed in an (air) raid by the Algerian army," the spokesman told the ANI news agency in remarks that have not been independently confirmed.
The source said Westerners were among the dead, but did not elaborate.
Also killed was Abu al-Baraa, who led the operation in which 41 foreigners and scores of Algerians were seized.
The spokesman said Algerian aircraft attacked the kidnappers when they tried to "transport some of the hostages in vehicles to a location to the south".
The militants said they seized the hostages, who are known to include US, French, British, Irish, Norwegian and Japanese citizens, in retaliation for the French military intervention in northern Mali.
Algerian media reported that 15 foreigners and 30 Algerians being held hostage had managed to escape, but authorities could not confirm this.
Algerian troops encircled the plant on Thursday, prompting gunmen to demand their withdrawal to allow for negotiations.
They have also demanded the release of some 100 Islamist extremists in Algeria, and want them sent to northern Mali, where French and Malian troops were battling extremists who seized a massive swathe of territory in April 2012.
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