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2015 Bamako hotel attack

2015 Bamako hotel attack
Location of Bamako within Mali
LocationBamako, Mali
Coordinates12°38′07″N 8°01′51″W / 12.6352°N 8.0308°W / 12.6352; -8.0308
Date20 November 2015 (UTC)
Attack type
Mass shooting, 170 hostages taken
WeaponsAK-47 assault rifles,
hand grenades, Explosive belt
Deaths22 total
  • 20 hostages
  • 2 gunmen[1]
Injured7 and at least two Malian Special Forces[2][3][4]
PerpetratorsAl-Mourabitoun
Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb

On 20 November 2015, Islamist militants took 170 hostages and killed 20 of them in a mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali.[5][6][7] The siege was ended when Malian special forces, backed by U.S. and French personnel, launched an assault on the hotel to recover the surviving hostages.[8][9] Al-Mourabitoun claimed that it carried out the attack "in cooperation with" al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; an al Qaeda member confirmed that the two groups cooperated in the attack.[10]

  1. ^ Число жертв атаки террористов на отель в Мали достигло 20. Tass.ru (24 November 2015)
  2. ^ "Mali Hotel Attack: At Least 21 Dead, More Than 150 Freed after Gunmen Take Hostages at Radisson Blu in Bamako". Australian Broadcasting Corporation News. 21 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  3. ^ "Mali-Bamako Hotel Attack". News Ghana. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2015.
  4. ^ "Mali Hotel Attack Leaves 22 Dead". News Ghana. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  5. ^ Hanna, Jason; Payne, Ed; Almasy, Steve (20 November 2015). "Deadly Mali Hotel Attack: 'They Were Shooting at Anything That Moved'". CNN. Retrieved 21 November 2015. Includes video.
  6. ^ Searcey, Dionne; Nossiternov, Adam (20 November 2015). "Deadly Siege Ends After Assault on Hotel in Mali". International New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  7. ^ Diallo, Tiemoko; Diarra, Adama (21 November 2015). "Putin says seeks global anti-terrorism fight after 19 killed in Mali attack". Reuters (U.S. ed.). Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  8. ^ "Mali Hotel Attack: 'No More Hostages' after Special Forces Raid". BBC News. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  9. ^ "Mali Attack: Special Forces Storm Hotel to Free Hostages". BBC News. 20 November 2015. Retrieved 21 November 2015.
  10. ^ Callimachi, Rukmini; Bulos, Naih (21 November 2015). "Mali Hotel Attackers Are Tied to an Algerian Qaeda Leader". International New York Times. Retrieved 21 November 2015.

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