Hostage Irishman believed to be unharmed in Algeria kidnapping

A married 36-year-old Irishman is believed to be unharmed after he was caught up in a terrorist attack on an oil facility in Algeria. He is still a hostage of the militant Islamist group that carried out the attack.

Sources were unable to confirm local reports that one British person had died in the incident, at a BP oilfield near the border with Libya. There were unconfirmed reports that a number of other hostages had been injured.