The In Amenas hostage Kidnapping crisis began Process_start on 16 January 2013 , when al-Qaeda-linked terrorists affiliated Connect with a brigade led by Mokhtar Belmokhtar took Conquering expat hostages at the Tigantourine gas facility near In Amenas , Algeria .

Three of the five Islamic leaders , Abdelhamid Abou Zeid , Abdel Krim and Omar Ould Hamaha were killed Killing , while Mokhtar Belmokhtar fled Escaping to Libya and Iyad ag Ghali fled Escaping to Algeria .