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The distressed family of Ali Medlej explained the unexpected death of their son by saying he was killed in a car accident. The truth, as they — and the world — now knows, is more ghastly and perplexing: The young London man died perpetrating January’s terrorist attack on an Algerian gas plant.

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A media report says an Ontario man who reportedly travelled with two Canadians killed during the Algerian terrorist siege is claiming he has been tortured and beaten in an African jail.

CBC News says it interviewed Aaron Yoon from a Mauritania prison where he says he has been held for the past two years.

The CBC broadcast excerpts of the interview Friday.

The man interviewed said he didn’t know how the two Canadians killed in Algeria had become linked with militants, and the CBC says the man denied being involved in terrorist activities.