80 hostages freed as special forces storm Mali hotel
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Security forces drive near the Radisson hotel in Bamako, Mali on 20 November 2015. Photo: Reuters
Bamako: Eighty among 170 hostages held by Islamist gunmen have been freed from a luxury hotel in Mali's capital as government special forces moved floor by floor to clear the building, Mali's state broadcaster and a security source said.
‘The attackers are still inside. We're hearing gunfire from time to time,’ said a witness outside the Radisson Blu hotel.
Gunmen went on the rampage at a luxury hotel in Mali's capital on Friday, seizing 170 guests and staff in a suspected Islamist hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead.