Japan Hostage Situation

Japanese police have detained a suspected gunman reportedly in his 80s who holed up in a post office on Tuesday with several hostages.

The families of seven Japanese killed by Islamist terrorists in Bangladesh prepared today to retrieve the remains of their loved ones, in shock at the deaths of the development-aid workers caught up in one of the most brazen attacks in the South Asian nation's history.

A Japanese government spokesman says a Japanese hostage has been rescued but seven others unaccounted for in the restaurant attack in Bangladesh.

A Japanese engineering firm said Sunday that 10 of its Japanese and seven of its foreign workers remained unaccounted for at an Algerian gas plant seized by Islamist militants, adding the situation was "grave".

Japanese police have detained a suspected gunman reportedly in his 80s who holed up in a post office on Tuesday with several hostages.

The families of seven Japanese killed by Islamist terrorists in Bangladesh prepared today to retrieve the remains of their loved ones, in shock at the deaths of the development-aid workers caught up in one of the most brazen attacks in the South Asian nation's history.

A Japanese government spokesman says a Japanese hostage has been rescued but seven others unaccounted for in the restaurant attack in Bangladesh.

A Japanese engineering firm said Sunday that 10 of its Japanese and seven of its foreign workers remained unaccounted for at an Algerian gas plant seized by Islamist militants, adding the situation was "grave".