LONDON/BAMAKO: Gunmen went on the rampage at a luxury hotel in Mali´s capital Friday, holding170 guests and staff hostage in a suspected Islamist attack that has left at least three people dead.
Special forces are storming Bamako´s Radisson Blu and dozens of hostages have been freed, according to local television and security sources.
Witnesses described "around a dozen" armed assailants, while security sources spoke of two or three "jihadist" attackers.
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According to the latest updated, gunmen were were still holding 125 guests and 13 employees hostage at the luxury Radisson Blu hotel, according to the hotel chain.
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