On the morning of December 24, 1994, an Air France Airbus plane was hijacked by four Islamic militants at the airport of Algiers, the capital of Algeria, and 265 passengers and 12 crew members on board were taken hostage. And killed two hostages that night. The passengers on board were Algerians, dual nationals of Albania and French diplomats from the French Embassy in Afghanistan, most of whom returned to France for Christmas. The plane was hijacked just before takeoff. The militants, who belong to an extremist group of the Islamic Salvation Front, have issued an ultimatum calling for the release of two detained Islamic Salvation Front leaders before 9: 00 GMT on the 25th, otherwise more hostages will be killed.
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