Olga Denisova. The UN mission is in collaboration with the authorities in Mali, where there has been a terrorist attack on the hotel, and follows the development of events, But At this time to provide specific data UN can't, said the official representative of the UN Secretary General Stefan Dujarric.

according to his statement, the UN was aware of the attack on the hotel is very close to the resort in Severe, multidimensional integrated mission of the United Nations for stabilization in Mali (MINUSMA) " closely monitoring developments through its own office in Mopti and through contacts with the Malian authorities."

unidentified on the last working day of the week attacked a hotel in the city of Sevare in the Central part of Mali. According to the summary data, the victims of the attack were five people, two terrorists eliminated. The attackers managed to capture hostages. According to the Agency France Press, the attack was committed at the hotel Byblos.

The Ministry of foreign Affairs of Ukraine informed on the Internet Twitter that among the hostages is Ukrainian. The media also quoted the message of the messenger of the army of Mali about the fact that 3 Russian pilots, on one of versions which were stolen during the attack of terrorists on a hotel in Mali. However, the residence of the Russian Ambassador to Mali has denied these media, saying that " at present the Russian crew is safe."

According to Dujarric, the global organization to date there is no reliable information on this." This is a very unstable and volatile situation, it continues to develop. As soon as we can let the true facts, we'll do It, " he said.

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