The militants who seized a hotel in Mali's capital, had entered its territory in a car with diplomatic plates, reports the Agency referring to sources in the security forces.

according to the Agency, the Soldiers of the Malian army, the servants of police, detachment of special purpose, and also Authorized the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali (MINUSMA) and the French military stationed in the country during anti-terrorist operations, arrived in the area.

Two armed men hold hostage 170 people at the Radisson Hotel Bamako the capital of Mali. According to Reuters, security forces surrounded the hotel with 190 rooms. At the moment, in the room of is shooting. Inside have an opportunity to stay about ten armed men.

in early August, unidentified attacked the hotel in Sevare in the Central part of Mali and took hostages. Victims of the attack were 13 people. Among the dead five workers of a Multidisciplinary integrated United Nations stabilization in Mali (MINUSMA), four soldiers of the Malian army and four suspected terrorists. The UN agreed that among the dead workers MINUSMA were two Ukrainians, one citizen of Nepal and one citizen of South Africa.

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