Sitting in a hotel in Toulouse having just listened to Francois Hollande giving the grave news that two soldiers have been killed trying unsuccessfully to rescue a hostage. It is thought that the hostage will also have been killed. He was a secret agent / intelligence officer called Denis Allex who has been held since 2009
It has been confirmed that Denis Allex has been killed by his captors.
Better news from Mali where rebels have been pushed back out of Mopti, a strategic town.
Francois Hollande has also raised the state of alert here in France incase of reprisals from militant groups.
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