rainbow6867的部落格

(CNN) -- At least one foreigner died and others were kidnapped in a terrorist attack on a gas field in eastern Algeria, the Interior Ministry said Wednesday,.

Some Americans were among the hostages, two U.S, State Department officials said, in what they are calling a fast-moving situation.

BP, one of the owners of the installation, said earlier that an armed attack was ongoing at the In Amenas field near the Libyan border.

The terrorist group targeted a bus carrying passengers from a base for workers at the gas field to an airport, the Interior Ministry said. Along with the death, at least six people were injured, it said.

When the early morning attack was repelled by guards, the group besieged part of the site and "captured an undetermined number of workers, including foreigners," it said.

The nationality of the workers who were killed and injured is not yet clear. And it is not clear how many people were kidnapped and how many of them are Americans.

The State Department officials called the action a "terrorist attack" against BP facilities and personnel.

The UK Foreign Office said British nationals are caught up in the incident.

Ireland's foreign minister said there are reports that an Irish citizen is involved. The office of the French president has refused to comment on reports that French citizens are also concerned.

Oil giant BP, which operates the In Amenas field in a joint venture with Sonatrac, the Algerian national oil company, and Norway's Statoil, said it was attacked by "unidentified armed people," who are now occupying the site.

The gas field lies about 60 kilometers (37 miles) west of the Libyan border and some 1,300 kilometers from the capital, Algiers, BP said.