| Kizzy |
20-11-2015 05:11 PM |
A nine-hour hostage situation at a high-end hotel in Mali’s capital is over after special forces stormed the building, officials said, but an unspecified number of attackers remain on the upper floors and are continuing to resist arrest.
Islamist militants with guns and grenades had taken about 170 people hostage at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on Friday morning.
There are conflicting reports of the death toll, though UN peacekeeping troops who entered the hotel after the siege said a preliminary search had found 27 bodies. One Belgian national was confirmed as being among the dead. Two gunmen were killed, AFP quoted Mali’s military as saying.
Even after the last hostages were freed, Mali’s security ministry said some attackers remained “dug in” on the upper floors.
http://www.theguardian.com/world/201...el-mali-bamako |
