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France believed one of its citizens held by al Qaeda's North African wing had been held in a camp attacked on Friday, but it had no proof of life or death of the hostage, a defence ministry source said on Saturday.France and Mauritania said on Friday they had killed six Islamists in an attack against the group, but there was no word on the fate of 78-year-old Michel Germaneau, a retired engineer kidnapped in April."We have no proof of life or death of Michel Germaneau," the source said.He added between 20 to 30 French military personnel had taken part in the operation, which ended on Saturday.The militant group gave France a deadline until next week to arrange a prisoner exchange or it would kill him.(Reporting by Elizabeth Pineau; writing by John Irish;)
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