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6 Filipino workers among dead in Algeria

(philstar.com)
January 21, 2013

MANILA, Philippines (AP) â€" Six Filipinos were among the hostages killed by militants who laid siege to an Algerian gas field for four days, the Philippine Department of Foreign Affairs said Monday.

Sixteen Filipinos have been accounted for and four others are still missing since Algerian special forces stormed the plant on Saturday to end the siege, Foreign Affairs spokesman Raul Hernandez told reporters.

He said the information came from Algerian authorities, which expressed their condolences to the Philippine government and the victims' families.

"The deaths of the six Filipinos were a direct result of the hostage-taking incident in the area and mostly by gunshot wounds and the effects of the explosions," Hernandez said.

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He said his office was notifying the families and arranging for the repatriation of the victims' remains, while the government was focused on finding the missing four Filipinos. A team from the Philippine Embassy in neighboring Libya, which covers Algeria, was on the ground in that country.

Four Filipino survivors were treated in a hospital in Algiers, Hernandez said.
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Most of the workers were employed by Japanese companies, he said.

A total of 1,780 Filipinos work in Algeria. They are part of 10 million overseas workers, or 10 percent of the population employed abroad.

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Quote from: Chongki on January 21, 2013, 04:31:51 PM
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luoya sa hinuwat sa mga pamilya intawon.  may they find the strength to cope with their personal tragedy.  and may those victims rest in peace.

pagkalooy .

looya pod intawn... mura'g ang usa sa biktima ani taga Davao..

oh my.  kalooy gyod sa pamilya tawon uy.  prayers for strength na lang gyod ang atong matabang.

May God grant peace to the departed. May His mercies and comfort be showered on the families of those who were killed in this most unfortunate exercise of terrorism. Requiem In Pacem , Pax Vobiscum In Nominae Dominum Iesus Christos. Amen.

Quote from: Lollapalooza on January 21, 2013, 04:44:21 PM
looya pod intawn... mura'g ang usa sa biktima ani taga Davao..

Sorry.. buhi diay ning taga Davao ug nakauli na sa iyang pamilya.. ahak maning balita sa tv usahay oi.. My sincerest apology to the family..

at least happy ending, loll.  at least pod wa pa ka magdagkot ug kandila para ani niya (oops, sorry for the seeming irreverence...)

Nakabasa sad ko lain news nga gihimo daw ni sila human shields sa mga terorista

si Engr. Cesar Zacarias " Jojo " Vistal, usa sa nakaipsot sa kamot sa mga Al Qaida sa Hostage Crisis sa Algeria. Naminyo lang ni sya sa taga Davao pero Bol-anon ni sya taga Lutao, Inabanga ni sya. batch 1988 sa UB ni sya.

One risk of working abroad. Condolence to the families of our OFWs.