LONDON (AP) — Britain’s defense minister says it appears the hostage situation in Algeria has come to an end and resulted in further loss of life.

Philip Hammond calls the loss of life appalling and unacceptable. He says “it is the terrorists that bear the sole responsibility for it.”

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