EDIT CONTAINS 4:3 MATERIAL<br/> <br />The al-Qaeda member who claimed responsibility for the deadly hostage situation at a gas plant in Algeria has been killed, according to members of the Chadian army.<br/> <br />The general of the army made the announcement Saturday.<br/> <br />SOUNDBITE (French) GENERAL ZACHARIA GOBONGUE, CHADIAN ARMED FORCES SPOKESMAN, SAYING<br/> <br />"The provisional toll of the combat is as follows; many terrorist killed including their leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar."<br/> <br />Mokhtar Belmokhtar claimed responsibility for the seizure of dozens of foreign hostages at the In Amenas gas plant in Algeria in January in which more than 60 people were killed.<br/> <br />During the crisis, the hostage takers said their actions were in retaliation of the French-led military intervention in Mali.
