Rescue vehicles and a soldier are seen near Ain Amenas, the gas plant where the hostage-taking occurred, Sunday, Jan. 20, 2013. Algeria's special forces stormed the natural gas complex in a final assault Saturday, ending the four-day stand-off in a bloody confrontation that left at least 80 dead.
The Associated Press
ALGIERS, Algeria (AP) - Algeria's prime minister says a former driver at a natural gas complex was among the band of al-Qaida-linked militants who stormed the site and took hundreds of workers hostage.
Abdelmalek Sellal says the former driver was from Nigeria.
He says the terror cell also included two Canadians, but did not say whether the Canadians were among the 29 militants killed by Algerian forces who raided the vast complex, or the three who were captured alive.
At least 38 hostages died in the attack - all but one of them foreigners. Algerian authorities say five more remain unaccounted for.
The prime minister says the hostage-takers knew the layout of the site by heart.