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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/radisson-hotel-attack-mali-hostages_564ee39ce4b0258edb30ed29
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) -- Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the former French colony, which has been battling rebels allied to al Qaeda for several years.
Minister of Internal Security Colonel Salif Traoré said at least three people had been killed by the gunmen. Later, a United Nations official told Reuters that peacekeepers saw at least 27 bodies on two separate floors of the hotel. A Belgian working for the Wallonia-Brussels regional parliament was among the dead, the parliament said on its website, naming the official as Geoffrey Dieudonne.
Traoré said at least two gunmen were killed in the commando raid. Other gunmen continued to hold out against security forces after the remaining hostages were evacuated, a security ministry spokesman said.
Islamist militant group Al Mourabitoun, which allied to al Qaeda and based in the deserts of northern Mali, claimed responsibility for the attack in a tweet, a claim that could not be independently verified. Al Jazeera said the group also provided an audio recording to the news channel saying it was behind the attack.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/radisson-hotel-attack-mali-hostages_564ee39ce4b0258edb30ed29
WASHINGTON, Nov 20 (Reuters) -- Malian commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the former French colony, which has been battling rebels allied to al Qaeda for several years.
Minister of Internal Security Colonel Salif Traoré said at least three people had been killed by the gunmen. Later, a United Nations official told Reuters that peacekeepers saw at least 27 bodies on two separate floors of the hotel. A Belgian working for the Wallonia-Brussels regional parliament was among the dead, the parliament said on its website, naming the official as Geoffrey Dieudonne.
Traoré said at least two gunmen were killed in the commando raid. Other gunmen continued to hold out against security forces after the remaining hostages were evacuated, a security ministry spokesman said.
Islamist militant group Al Mourabitoun, which allied to al Qaeda and based in the deserts of northern Mali, claimed responsibility for the attack in a tweet, a claim that could not be independently verified. Al Jazeera said the group also provided an audio recording to the news channel saying it was behind the attack.
