Canada Granted Access to ‘Relevant Information’ in Investigation of Algeria Gas Plant Attack

This article was last updated on April 16, 2022

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An anonymous senior government official revealed on Sunday that the Canadian investigators currently in Algeria have now been granted access to “relevant information” related to their mission of inspecting the claims of Canadians being involved in the recent deadly gas plant attack in Algeria. The official, who revealed the information on condition of anonymity, stated that the permission of access to confidential information took a while due to lack of a formal “legal arrangement” between the two countries.

It was mentioned that an “agreement was needed for Canada to be able to access the necessary information to validate claims that a Canadian was involved,” and “now that is in place, we’re able to gain access and more information.” This recent development has been indicated at the same time when unverified reports stated that the man primarily responsible of the four-day hostage crisis in Algeria, i.e. one-eyed terrorist Moktar Belmoktar, was recently killed in northern Mali over the weekend. This announcement was made on state television by Chad’s Army Chief of Staff, Gen. Zakaria Ngobongue, who asserted that he was killed in an attack of troops at a base in northern Mali that was in use of jihadists and drug traffickers. Ngobongue alleged that “the provisional toll is as follows: Several terrorists killed, including Moktar Belmoktar.”

However, the French military, that has so far been on the front of military coup against al-Qaida-linked militants in the region, has not endorsed the claim as yet. The alleged al-Qaida leader in the Sahara and Sahel regions of North Africa, Belmoktar, has been involved in kidnapping of foreigners for ransom, including the 2008 kidnapping of Canadian diplomat Robert Fowler in Niger.