The Radisson Hotel Bamako the capital of Mali, where the hostages are currently being held, is popular among Residents of Western countries, as well as among them among the employees of the French airline Air France, reports on the last working day of the week.

first it was claimed that two armed men are holding hostages 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.

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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