Updates: Mali hostage siege: At least three of 170 hostages killed by terrorists, gunmen who storm Radisson Blu Hotel on November 20, 2015. Viral and trending photos and videos of the situation.
Some hostages freed after being made to recite verses from the Koran
* Terror attack in Mali's capital where Irish, French and UN troops are stationed
* 170 taken hostage at Radisson hotel by men screaming 'Allahu Akbar'
* At least two private security guards injured
* Mali security forces storming besieged Bamako hotel
* Third body of terrorist, a woman, found in Saint-Denis raid flat
A week after the deadly terror attack in Paris, France, Mali is now under attack my terrorists.
Gunmen shouting Islamic slogans attacked the Radisson Blu hotel full of foreigners in Mali's capital Bamako early this morning, taking 170 people hostage.
Two Malian citizens and a French citizen have died in the incident, a UN official told CNN. Around 20 hostages have been freed. A security source said some of the hostages had been freed after being made to recite verses from the Koran.
The raid on the hotel, which lies just west of the city centre near government ministries and diplomatic offices in the former French colony, comes a week after Islamic State (IS) militants killed 129 people in Paris.
Gunmen stormed the hotel screaming 'Allahu Akbar' or "God is great".
The hostages include 140 guests and 30 employees.
Gunmen stormed the hotel screaming 'Allahu Akbar' or "God is great" in Arabic before firing on the guards and taking hostages.
The gunmen are moving floor by floor and they have arrived on the seventh floor of the Radisson hotel, according to a security source.
"They are in the process of going floor by floor, room by room. They've now arrived at the seventh floor," said a security source.
At least two private security guards have been injured, according to Malian security forces.
Some guests escaped the hotel. Monique Kouame Affoue Ekonde, an Ivorian, said she and six other people were escorted out by security forces.
source: independent.ie
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