(Image source: Statoil ) BY NATHAN BYRNE ANCHOR MEGAN MURPHY Details still aren’t clear on the hostage crisis at an Algerian gas plant in the Sahara Desert. Despite reports out of Algeria that the hostage crisis has ended , Britain maintains it hasn’t. Foreign Secretary William Hague called it a “fluid and evolving situation.” The numbers vary from report to report, but Algeria’s state news service says 132 foreign hostages were taken by 30 captors.   [VIDEO: Jewish News One ] “Algerian forces are apparently still in the ongoing operation. … The Islamic kidnappers are armed with AK-47s and they put explosive vests on some of the hostages.” [VIDEO: HLN ] A rescue attempt Thursday that apparently freed some hostages, but killed others. The Washington Post says the United States wasn’t notified of that raid in advance . “ … through this accommodation looking for Western hostages. Algeria said it had to launch a sudden operation today, as the kidnappers would not negotiate.” [VIDEO: BBC ] Meanwhile, a New York Times article calls the situation a “significantly deep blow” to Algeria's already-faltering energy sector. “ Algeria’s economy, though far from vibrant, is heavily dependent on its oil and gas industry. And the country has been desperately trying to attract foreign investment — something that the hostilities [are] unlikely to help.”