Gregg Zoroya, USA TODAY
19 killed in terrorist attack on a Mali hotel came from around the world
Malians woke up to a state of emergency after Friday's assault on the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capital killed 20 people plus two assailants, according to a military commander. An American woman from Maryland was among the dead. (Nov. 21 AP
In addition to an American public health worker murdered in a terrorist raid on a luxury hotel in Mali's capital on Friday, the 19 dead included six Russians, three Chinese, two Belgians and an Israeli national.
Two gunman who conducted the assault died after Mali specials forces troops entered the hotel.
A terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda operating in the West African country claimed responsibility for the attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako. Mali troops, backed by French and U.S. special forces, conducted a seven-hour operation Friday that ended the violence and led to the rescue of 170 hotel guests and staff held hostage during the siege.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, right, and Senegal President Macky Sall speak to journalists during a visit at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako after an attack that left 19 dead in addition to two gunmen. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Anita Ashok Datar, a former Peace Corps volunteer and an executive with an international development consulting firm in Washington, D.C., was the lone American fatality. Reuters reported that six employees of a Russian regional airline were murdered, along with two Belgians and an Israeli national. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said three of its citizens were among the dead.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita visited the Radisson Blu on Saturday and said "Mali will not shut down because of this attack. ... Terrorism will not win."
The assault occurred on the eve of peace negotiations between Keita's government and a coalition of northern Mali separatists who have been fighting over control of large sections of the country for two years."The attack was targeting the peace agreement," said Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, a representative of the Coordination of Azawad Movements, representing groups seeking autonomy, according to the Associated
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Saturday for international cooperation in fighting terrorism, according to Reuters. The deaths of the six Russians follow the downing last month of a Russian airliner over Egypt in a bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State. All 224 aboard were killed.
French commandos were deployed to help security forces to clear the hotel floor by floor in a siege that lasted 12 hours.
Above: UN officials exiting the Radisson hotel in Bamako after the hostage situation was concluded
Picture: Joe Penney/Reuters
Members of special forces are seen inside the Radisson Blu hotel
Picture: AFP/Getty
19 killed in terrorist attack on a Mali hotel came from around the world
Malians woke up to a state of emergency after Friday's assault on the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capital killed 20 people plus two assailants, according to a military commander. An American woman from Maryland was among the dead. (Nov. 21 AP
In addition to an American public health worker murdered in a terrorist raid on a luxury hotel in Mali's capital on Friday, the 19 dead included six Russians, three Chinese, two Belgians and an Israeli national.
Two gunman who conducted the assault died after Mali specials forces troops entered the hotel.
A terrorist organization affiliated with al-Qaeda operating in the West African country claimed responsibility for the attack at the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako. Mali troops, backed by French and U.S. special forces, conducted a seven-hour operation Friday that ended the violence and led to the rescue of 170 hotel guests and staff held hostage during the siege.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, right, and Senegal President Macky Sall speak to journalists during a visit at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako after an attack that left 19 dead in addition to two gunmen. (Photo: AFP/Getty Images)
Anita Ashok Datar, a former Peace Corps volunteer and an executive with an international development consulting firm in Washington, D.C., was the lone American fatality. Reuters reported that six employees of a Russian regional airline were murdered, along with two Belgians and an Israeli national. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said three of its citizens were among the dead.
Mali President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita visited the Radisson Blu on Saturday and said "Mali will not shut down because of this attack. ... Terrorism will not win."
The assault occurred on the eve of peace negotiations between Keita's government and a coalition of northern Mali separatists who have been fighting over control of large sections of the country for two years."The attack was targeting the peace agreement," said Sidi Brahim Ould Sidati, a representative of the Coordination of Azawad Movements, representing groups seeking autonomy, according to the Associated
Russian President Vladimir Putin called Saturday for international cooperation in fighting terrorism, according to Reuters. The deaths of the six Russians follow the downing last month of a Russian airliner over Egypt in a bomb attack claimed by the Islamic State. All 224 aboard were killed.
French commandos were deployed to help security forces to clear the hotel floor by floor in a siege that lasted 12 hours.
Above: UN officials exiting the Radisson hotel in Bamako after the hostage situation was concluded
Picture: Joe Penney/Reuters
Members of special forces are seen inside the Radisson Blu hotel
Picture: AFP/Getty
The scene around the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, Mali
Picture: Facebook/Malikahere - The tekegraph
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