In Amenas hostage crisis
Incident
The In Amenas hostage crisis began on 16 January 2013, when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas, Algeria. Wikipedia
Location: In Amenas
Start date: January 16, 2013
Coordinates: 27°53′49″N 09°07′37″E / 27.89694°N 9.12694°E
Date: 16 January 2013 –19 January 2013 (CET – UTC +1)
Deaths: 67 (37 foreign hostages, an Algerian security guard and 29 terrorists)
Perpetrators: Al-Mourabitoun jihadists
Weapons: Automatic weapons; Mortars; Anti-aircraft missiles; Explosives