Soldiers and Hostages Killed in Somalia Rescue Operation

Both soldiers and hostages killed in action to rescue agent in Somalia

The action took place in the town of Bulo Marere just south of Mogagishu.

French special forces attempted Friday night to reddde a hostage in southern Somalia. The campaign did not go as planned and two soldiers and hostages were killed.

The soldiers, according to witnesses AP spoke to have come in four combat helicopters to the city Bulo Marere slightly south of the capital Mogadishu.

The attempt to rescue the hostages in the city was however not according to plan.

The French defense ministry confirmed Saturday morning that one French soldier and one hostage died in the operation. Another soldier was allegedly captured.

17 militants from the group held hostage should also have been killed, according to French authorities.

There will be a group affiliated Al Shabaab militia who held a French man to catch. It was this Frenchman as France sent special forces to rescue.

The action takes place shortly after the French military also has become involved in the conflict in Mali . Friday chose France to help government forces in Mali with air strikes against insurgents and Islamists there.

The agent who was held hostage, however, was killed.

- We were lined up against the terrorists' intransigence, which they refused to negotiated for 3.5 years and where they also held Denis Allex in horrific inhumane conditions. When we chose to plan and execute an action, said the ministry in a statement.

They confirmed that two soldiers from the group that would rescue the agent died or were taken prisoner.

- During the campaign, it came to violent clashes with powerful captors. Denis Allex was killed by his gisseltakere, the statement said.

Somali militants: - They did not get what they were looking for

Proponents of Islamic militants in Somalia have also spoken about the night's events.

According to a spokesman hostage should not have been killed, and he says that they still have hostages.

- The French did not get what they were looking for, said Abdul Aziz Abu Musab on behalf of Al Shabaab militia, told AP.

Spokesman for the organization that has control over parts of Somalia stressed that the French special troops left one of their own dead on the ground.

Al Shabaab says agent Denis Allex was never in the place where the French forces took action.

- Allex is safe and far from where the fighting took place, they say.

At the same laws they avggjørelse for man's fate within two days.

- As a response to this failed attempt by French soldiers, we will make the French people that we will give our final verdict for Denis Allex 'fate within two days, according to a statement.