170 held captive in Mali hotel by gunmen
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Gunmen have launched an attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in the centre of Mali's capital, Bamako.
Two people have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees in "a hostage-taking situation", the hotel's owners said in a statement.
Police have surrounded the hotel, which the gunmen entered shooting, and shouting "? is great!" in Arabic, a security source told Reuters.
A BBC reporter says the US-owned hotel is popular with expats working in Mali.
A Chinese guest told China's state news agency Xinhua via a mobile app that he was among a number of Chinese guests trapped there.
In August, suspected Islamist gunmen killed 13 people, including five UN workers, during a hostage siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare.
France, the former colonial power in Mali, intervened in the country in January 2013 when al-Qaeda-linked militants threatened to march on Bamako after taking control of the north of the country.
Mali attack: Live updates
The US embassy in Bamako has tweeted that it "is aware of an ongoing active shooter operation at the Radisson Hotel".
All US citizens were asked "to shelter in place" and "encouraged to contact their families".
"It's all happening on the seventh floor, jihadists are firing in the corridor," a security source told AFP.
Some reports say about 10 gunmen in total are involved in the attack.
The Rezidor Hotel Group, which owns the Radisson Blu, said it was in constant contact "with the local authorities in order offer any support possible to re-instate safety and security at the hotel".
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.
Two people have locked in 140 guests and 30 employees in "a hostage-taking situation", the hotel's owners said in a statement.
Police have surrounded the hotel, which the gunmen entered shooting, and shouting "? is great!" in Arabic, a security source told Reuters.
A BBC reporter says the US-owned hotel is popular with expats working in Mali.
A Chinese guest told China's state news agency Xinhua via a mobile app that he was among a number of Chinese guests trapped there.
In August, suspected Islamist gunmen killed 13 people, including five UN workers, during a hostage siege at a hotel in the central Malian town of Sevare.
France, the former colonial power in Mali, intervened in the country in January 2013 when al-Qaeda-linked militants threatened to march on Bamako after taking control of the north of the country.
Mali attack: Live updates
The US embassy in Bamako has tweeted that it "is aware of an ongoing active shooter operation at the Radisson Hotel".
All US citizens were asked "to shelter in place" and "encouraged to contact their families".
"It's all happening on the seventh floor, jihadists are firing in the corridor," a security source told AFP.
Some reports say about 10 gunmen in total are involved in the attack.
The Rezidor Hotel Group, which owns the Radisson Blu, said it was in constant contact "with the local authorities in order offer any support possible to re-instate safety and security at the hotel".
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.
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Damn just read on Twitter they letting those go who can recite the Koran.
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Just saw it on the news.
It could possibly have something to do with the Paris attacks. -
Wowwwww
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will the world request that we stand united with Mali and Nigeria?
will people put the Malian flag in their avi -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »will the world request that we stand united with Mali and Nigeria?
will people put the Malian flag in their avi
Let's see; Radisson, expats, Americans (probably Caucasian )...you bet the news media will cover it -
2stepz_ahead wrote: »will the world request that we stand united with Mali and Nigeria?
will people put the Malian flag in their avi
Let's see; Radisson, expats, Americans (probably Caucasian )...you bet the news media will cover it
covering it and wanting to unite the world against it is two different things. -
but chinamen tho?
people are way too comfortable setting up shop in africa -
Lurkristocrat wrote: »
Not even trying to laugh, but the fact that khaled is arabian makes that joke even funnier -
In b4 'I bet they wont cover THIS!' as they get the news from CNN, MSNBC, and Reuters
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In b4 'I bet they wont cover THIS!' as they get the news from CNN, MSNBC, and Reuters2stepz_ahead wrote: »2stepz_ahead wrote: »will the world request that we stand united with Mali and Nigeria?
will people put the Malian flag in their avi
Let's see; Radisson, expats, Americans (probably Caucasian )...you bet the news media will cover it
covering it and wanting to unite the world against it is two different things.
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Clearly this is due to Mali's bombing of Middle Eastern countries.....oh wait.
And once again, Africans are victimized by Islamists. -
Wildness.
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2stepz_ahead wrote: »but chinamen tho?
people are way too comfortable setting up shop in africa
China is doing more for Africa then most countries -
Pray that this ? ends with no bloodshed
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Black_Samson wrote: »
You're gonna have to use your words, sir.
In what way does this hostage event justify conspiracy theories or validate YOU?
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ThaNubianGod wrote: »Clearly this is due to Mali's bombing of Middle Eastern countries.....oh wait.
And once again, Africans are victimized by Islamists.
Man shut the ? up! -
Amy updates?
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silverfoxx wrote: »Amy updates?
She's doing fine -
The_Jackal wrote: »2stepz_ahead wrote: »but chinamen tho?
people are way too comfortable setting up shop in africa
China is doing more for Africa then most countries
they doing it for China not for Africa. they want the resources and land to grow crops to take back to China.
they out there mini dickin chicks and running out on the kid -
silverfoxx wrote: »Amy updates?
She just swallowed my last load so I sent her home. She should be there by the time you get back and Im sure she'll give you your standard welcome home kiss this evening.
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So it was a North African group?