Gunmen attack EU military base in Bamako

Gunmen attack EU military base in Bamako

Monday, March 21, 2016 9:44 pm


Hotel Nord Sud in Bamako: attacked

Hotel Nord Sud in Bamako: attacked

Unidentified gunmen attacked a hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako on Monday that had been converted into a base for a European Union military training mission in the West African nation, a Defence Ministry official and a witness said.

“The attackers tried to force through the entry and the guards posed in front of the entrance opened fire. One attacker was killed. The gunfire continued for several minutes,” said one witness near the Nord-Sud hotel.

A Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed that shots had been fired at the hotel.

 

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