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Mokhtar Belmokhtar charged over Algeria gas plant siege
Source: BBC
19 July 2013 Last updated at 22:41 GMT
Mokhtar Belmokhtar charged over Algeria gas plant siege
US prosecutors have charged militant Islamist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar over a deadly siege at an Algerian gas plant in January.
He faces charges including hostage-taking, kidnapping and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Belmokhtar remains at large and the US is offering a $5m (£3.2m) reward for information leading to his arrest.
Three US citizens were among at least 37 hostages killed when Algerian troops stormed the Tigantourine plant.
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Mokhtar Belmokhtar charged over Algeria gas plant siege
US prosecutors have charged militant Islamist leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar over a deadly siege at an Algerian gas plant in January.
He faces charges including hostage-taking, kidnapping and conspiring to use a weapon of mass destruction.
Belmokhtar remains at large and the US is offering a $5m (£3.2m) reward for information leading to his arrest.
Three US citizens were among at least 37 hostages killed when Algerian troops stormed the Tigantourine plant.
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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23387147
