Two days earlier, French commandos had also been in action. They freed four of their compatriots, including a three-year-old boy, held hostage aboard a yacht, the Tanit (pictured above).

两天之前，法国突击队也采取行动，解救「迦太基月神号」（Tanit 如图）上被当作人质的四位法国同胞，包含一个三岁小男孩，不过一位人质Florent Lemaçon已遭枪杀。

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Two French couples had been seized with a child, who was among those freed from the yacht, Tanit, seized last week.

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But he said the raid was "the best possible decision, " and that an investigation would determine what happened on board the Tanit.

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