Contest #285 answer: Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria

On 16 January 2013, 800 people were took hostage at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas,

In a few days, the Algerian government retook the facility in a military operation, which cost the lives of at least 39 hostages and 29 kidnappers.
The alleged mastermind of the hostage operation, Mokhtar Belmokhtar, was killed in Mali, earlier this month.

Those who survived

• Farceur
• steve willis
• hhgygy
• mehmet durmus
• Walter_V_R
• rob de wolff
• bietz
• JustinakasNaP
• Chris Nason
• Pascal Gilbraith
• Mik
• mccrumplair
• krenek

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• donaaronio
• Cloudspotter
• Skip
• Pete Thompson
• Marlowe D
• David Kozina