French hostages probably murdered: military

Two French hostages in Niger were probably murdered by their captors after French special forces joined a failed attempt to free them according to a military spokesman in Paris. The gang were intercepted near the border with Mali. The spokesman said three kidnappers were killed. The pair had been snatched by gunmen hours earlier while at a bar-restaurant in the capital, Niamey. ... http://www.euronews.net/