Banner Support French hostages Kidnapped By AQIM On The Facade Of The Hotel Department In Nantes, France

FRANCE, NANTES - SEPTEMBER 27 : In support of four French hostages kidnapped in September 2010 in Arlit in Niger by Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), a banner was installed on the front of the Loire-Atlantique General Council with the family hostage Pierre Legrand native of the department, on September 27, 2012, in Nantes, western France. Faces of Pierre Legrand, Daniel Larribe, Thierry Dol and Marc Feret appear on the banner. These hostages held in the Sahel are employees of Areva and Sogea Satom, a subsidiary of Vinci. Pascale Robert and Rene Robert mother and grandfather hostage Pierre Legrand before the banner on the front of the General Council of Loire-Atlantique. (Photo by Alain DENANTES/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)