Algeria crisis: Hostage death toll 'rises to 48'

It had initially been unclear whether the bodies found were those of hostage-takers or staff at the facility. A search is continuing at the In Amenas gas plant, where as many as 20 hostages remain unaccounted for

 The Algerian authorities had said on Saturday that all 32 hostage-takers had been killed. The suspected organiser of the attack, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, said 40 militants had taken part.
The siege ended when troops mounted an assault on Saturday, saying the militants had begun killing foreign hostages