5 Pics: Gunmen Storm Mali Hotel, Take Hostages

Updated: November 20, 2015 17:41 IST

Jihadists launched a shooting rampage in the Radisson Blu hotel in the centre of the Malian capital Bamako.

Malian troops take position outside the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.

Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel.

Malian security forces evacuate two women from an area surrounding the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.

Around 170 guests and staff were seized on a shooting rampage.

Automatic weapons fire could be heard from outside the 190-room hotel in the city-centre.

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