Attack on hotel in Mali

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Here is breaking news today.

Mali attack: Special forces storm hotel to free hostages

52 minutes ago
From the section Africa

Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capital, Bamako, to try to free hostages taken after it was stormed by gunmen.

The hotel says 138 people remain inside. The gunmen stormed it shooting and shouting "God is great!" in Arabic, eyewitnesses say.

Malian officials said 30 hostages have been freed. State TV earlier put the figure at 80.

Three people have been shot dead and two soldiers wounded, officials say.

Interior Minister Salif Traore said the soldiers' lives were not in danger.

The US-owned hotel is popular with foreign businesses and airline crews.

There is as yet no established link with the attacks in Paris one week ago that killed 130 people.

The US Department of Defense told the BBC that US special forces were "currently assisting hostage recovery efforts".

A US official said around 25 military personnel were in Bamako at the time of the attack and that some of them are helping "with moving civilians to secured locations, while Malian forces clear the hotel of hostile gunmen".

Six Americans are reported to have been rescued.

France's defence ministry says its special forces are also on site at the hotel.

More at link. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-34877069

 

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Remaining hostages safe at Mali hotel
Written By Chad Merda Posted: 11/20/2015, 10:05am

After special forces stormed the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, officials say all remaining hostages are safe.

At least three people were killed in the attack that involved 170 hostages being held Friday morning, however, Reuters reports that U.N. peacekeepers on the scene saw at least 27 bodies. A complete death count has not been confirmed.

“These people have been taken under the wing of the civil authorities,” ministerial adviser Amadou Sangho told a French television station, in reference to the hostages.

An African jihadist group with ties to al Qaeda claimed responsibility for the attack. CNN reports the attackers are still inside the hotel.

Special forces, including U.S. forces, stormed the hotel and went “floor by floor.”

Mali army commander Modibo Nama Traore told the Associated Press than 10 gunman entered the hotel armed with AK-47s while screaming “God is great” in Arabic before shooting and throwing grenades.

According to NBC News’ Chris Jansing, hostages who were able to recite passages from the Quran were released from the hotel.

http://national.suntimes.com/national-world-news/7/72/2158512/170-hostages-radisson-hotel-mali

 

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Yes, yet another instance of people who need to be eradicated

 

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Praying for Mali! ray:

 

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The world is in a sad state.