An armed group of men took this last Friday, as hostages 170 people in Bamako’s Radisson Blu Hotel, from MALI’S capital, during the facts, the captors murdered three security guards. This was reported by members of the hotel’s staff. The dead included two Mali’s citizens and a French man.
The men burst into the hotel of 190 rooms, shouting “God is great”, in Arabic, once they got inside, they fired their weapons. In the place were three members of the United Nation’s staff, who got out the building in a safe way, Oliver Saldago informed, who is an UNMI’s (United Nations Multidimensional Integrated) mouthpiece.
He also announced the he doesn’t know accurately the amount of United Nation’s staff who are still in the enclosure. “This week there was a delegation for the peace process in this hotel”, Sadalgo said.
The United Nations Commitment, is supporting Mali’s authorities which participate in this security operative for the other victims’ release. Close to the place, there is a deployment of emergency teams, to get in charge of the situation. A government’s manager said to AFP that 80 police officers, got into the hotel, achieving the freedom of 80 hostages, he also said that other 30 escaped by themselves and by the moment, only 3 are dead.
The Radisson Hotel Group emitted a report affirming that: “According to our information two persons kidnapped 130 hosts and 30 employees in the hotel”. Nevertheless, other statements say that were 10 the men who got into the hotel.
A police’s mouthpiece informed 10 people were released, when they proved to be Muslims and recite in Arabic the profession of the Muslim religion, that’s why it’s presumed that the kidnappers are Jihadists.
One of the 7 Chinese citizens who were kidnapped inside the hotel, declared everything that happened to the Chinese News Agency Xinhua. In the other hand, Turkish Airways, confirmed to the media, that seven people of their staff were in the staying in the hotel and Air France has the same situation.
Given what happened, Mali’s president, Ibrahim Boubacar Keita, ended a trip to return to his country. The USA embassy in Mali, made a call to American citizens and their employees to hide in their homes, after the hotel’s gunfire report.
This attack is produced a day after the French president, Françoise Hollande, congratulated his troops for combating with total success to the Islamists. France’s army, asseverate that there aren’t any French troops in Bamako in this instance. Until now, any terrorist group has made themselves part of the attack, which generates fear among this nation.
It is seen that worldwide there are simultaneous terrorist attacks, WHEN are they going to stop, so many innocent people are dying due to this war.