Residence of the Ambassador of South Africa to Mali confirmed the death of a citizen of the country in the process of the terrorist attack on the hotel, said the spokesman of the Ministry of foreign Affairs of the Republic of South Africa Nelson Khote (Nelson Kgwete).

unidentified on the last working day of the week attacked a hotel in the city of Sevare in the Central part of Mali. On the first day of the weekend-the Malian military has completed an operation to free the Motel from terrorists. According to the final data, just a result of the attack on the hotel lost their lives twelve - five soldiers, three of them hostages, four suspected terrorists were liquidated.

residence of the Ambassador of South Africa to Mali " assured that 3 of the South African national damaged in the attack. Two are safe, a 38-year-old citizen from Pretoria died, " wrote Khote on Twitter Twitter, reports the Agency.


first, the Agency referring to the messenger of the Malian informed that three of the hostages who died in the hijacked hotel in Mali, were residents of the Russian Federation, Ukraine and South Africa.

the residence of the Russian Ambassador to Mali until not confirm the message about the death of Russian attack. The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine checks the information about the death of a citizen of the country in the seized property.

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