BAMAKO: A “number” of people held by gunmen during a standoff at a hotel in central Mali have been freed overnight and at least five foreigners evacuated from the site, according to Malian military sources.
“We cannot say that everything is finished, but a number of hostages” were freed by Malian forces deployed around the Hotel Byblos in Sevare, a source said early Saturday, after it was stormed by the gunmen in an attack that has left at least seven people dead, including a UN contractor.
“Work continues, it is not over,” the source said, without elaborating.
Another source said Malian Special Forces …read more
Source: theSun
