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Sunday, May 26, 2013 | 2:51 a.m.

Japan Mourns as Hostage Victims Flown Home

Arriving in Tokyo, the bodies of nine Japanese victims of the Algerian hostage crisis. The workers were repatriated on Friday (January 25), after being killed as militants attacked a gas plant in the Algerian desert. The remains of the tenth victim are expected to arrive back on Saturday (January 26). Seven survivors of the siege also arrived home and were escorted onto a minibus. Flags flew at half mast at the workers' company headquarters, where JGC condemned the attack on its employees.
 
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