Algerian terrorists claim military killed 35 hostages in helicopter attack as tense standoff at Sahara gas complex unfolds

ALGIERS, Algeria — Islamic terrorists have told a Mauritanian news outlet that 35 hostages were killed but seven are still alive after Algerian military helicopters strafed a gas complex deep in the Sahara.

The spokesman for the Masked Brigade, which claimed responsibility for the attack Wednesday on the Algerian gas plant, said Thursday the survivors included three Belgians, two Americans, a Briton and a Japanese citizen.