New terrorist attack as gunmen hold 170 hostages in Mali Radisson hotel where French troops are stationed - live - Telegraph
Probably those Christians acting up again.
Probably those Christians acting up again.
Another Terrorist Attack. This One In Mali
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I reckon it's French Right-wing Christian fundamentalists who still haven't got over Mali gaining its independence from France in 1960 and what it back.
It's just got to be.
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Still Salty eh?
Don't you have an imaginary bus to catch to go to your imaginary law office?
This story is the current big news story on BBC News 24 and Sky News, which doesn't quite tally with the arguments we've heard from the Left since Friday's terror attacks in Paris that the British media are only bothered about, and only report in great detail, such incidents only if they occur in Europe.
Malian special forces have entered the hotel
Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, to end a siege by gunmen who had been holding 170 people hostage.
The gunmen stormed the US-owned hotel, which is popular with foreign businesses and airline crews, shooting and shouting "Allahu Akbar!", "God is great!" in Arabic.
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 Radisson Blu hotel group has set up special phone lines for families who may have been affected.
Air France says 12 of its crew have been successfully freed in the rescue operation; Turkish Airlines says five of its crew are out, but two remain in the hotel.
Twenty Indian nationals are in part of the hotel but are safe, according the Indian embassy in Mali, while Chinese state TV reported four of 10 Chinese citizens caught up in the attack had been rescued.
The UN peacekeeping force said it was supporting the operation as Malian special forces freed hostages "floor by floor".
Some reports say about 10 gunmen in total are involved in the attack.
The UN force in Mali took over responsibility for security in the country from French and African troops in July 2013, after the main towns in the north had been recaptured from the Islamist militants.
Militancy in Mali:
October 2011: Ethnic Tuaregs launch rebellion after returning with arms from Libya
March 2012: Army coup over government's handling of rebellion. A month later Tuareg and al-Qaeda-linked fighters seize control of north
June 2012: Islamist groups capture Timbuktu, Kidal and Gao from Tuaregs, start to destroy Muslim shrines and manuscripts and impose Sharia
January 2013: Islamist fighters capture a central town, raising fears they could reach Bamako. Mali requests French help
July 2013: UN force, now totalling about 12,000, takes over responsibility for securing the north after Islamists routed from towns
July 2014: France launches an operation in the Sahel to stem jihadist groups
Attacks continue in northern desert area, blamed on Tuareg and Islamist groups
2015: Terror attacks in the capital, Bamako, and central Mali
Mali attack: Special forces storm hotel to free hostages - BBC News
Malian special forces have entered the hotel
Malian special forces have entered the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, to end a siege by gunmen who had been holding 170 people hostage.
The gunmen stormed the US-owned hotel, which is popular with foreign businesses and airline crews, shooting and shouting "Allahu Akbar!", "God is great!" in Arabic.
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 Radisson Blu hotel group has set up special phone lines for families who may have been affected.
Air France says 12 of its crew have been successfully freed in the rescue operation; Turkish Airlines says five of its crew are out, but two remain in the hotel.
Twenty Indian nationals are in part of the hotel but are safe, according the Indian embassy in Mali, while Chinese state TV reported four of 10 Chinese citizens caught up in the attack had been rescued.
The UN peacekeeping force said it was supporting the operation as Malian special forces freed hostages "floor by floor".
Some reports say about 10 gunmen in total are involved in the attack.
The UN force in Mali took over responsibility for security in the country from French and African troops in July 2013, after the main towns in the north had been recaptured from the Islamist militants.
Militancy in Mali:
October 2011: Ethnic Tuaregs launch rebellion after returning with arms from Libya
March 2012: Army coup over government's handling of rebellion. A month later Tuareg and al-Qaeda-linked fighters seize control of north
June 2012: Islamist groups capture Timbuktu, Kidal and Gao from Tuaregs, start to destroy Muslim shrines and manuscripts and impose Sharia
January 2013: Islamist fighters capture a central town, raising fears they could reach Bamako. Mali requests French help
July 2013: UN force, now totalling about 12,000, takes over responsibility for securing the north after Islamists routed from towns
July 2014: France launches an operation in the Sahel to stem jihadist groups
Attacks continue in northern desert area, blamed on Tuareg and Islamist groups
2015: Terror attacks in the capital, Bamako, and central Mali
Mali attack: Special forces storm hotel to free hostages - BBC News
US and French forces have freed hostages and the two gunmen are no longer a threat to the living.