Suspected armed Jihadist attacked a 5 star hotel named Raddison Blu Hotel in Bamako Mali's capital this morning and took about 170 people hostage. "It is all happening on the seventh floor, jihadists are firing in the corridor.
They fired shots and other weapons outside 190-room hotel, where security forces set up a security cordon. "The Rezidor Hotel Group ... is aware of the hostage-taking that is ongoing at the property today... As per our information two persons have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees," the company said in a statement.
The shooting follows a 24-hour siege and hostage-taking situation at another hotel in August in the central Malian town of Sevare.
The shooting follows a 24-hour siege and hostage-taking situation at another hotel in August in the central Malian town of Sevare.
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