Mali Arrests Two Suspects Linked To Bamako Hotel Attack

However this ended when Malian commandos stormed the hotel and freed 170 hostages.

“Two suspects linked to the attack last week at the Radisson hotel have just been arrested and they are being interrogated”, one of the sources tells AFP.

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It would be recalled that two armed men launched a dawn raid on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako on Nov.20, killing six Russians, three Chinese and an American among others.

The attackers did not say a word to anyone as they opened fire, employee Tamba Couye said.

Twenty people were killed, including 14 foreigners, along with two assailants, while nine people were wounded.

“It’s only after questioning that we will find out if the second suspect sells phone credit or is an accomplice”, the source said.

The attack has been claimed by the Al-Mourabitoun extremist group, which said it had worked in concert with al-Qaida in the Islamic Maghreb.

The strike comes amid deteriorating security in the state only two years after a French-led military operation to scatter Islamist militants who inhabited the desert north. The nationalities of the two gunmen are still unknown, and Malian forces continue to search for those behind the incident.

Christophe Monbelli- deputy police commissioner for MINUSMA, Valloir, said on Thursday a team from the FBI had arrived to assist the Malian-directed investigation.

Germany’s defense minister on Wednesday said the country wanted to send 650 soldiers to Mali to support the mission, which now boasts only 10 German soldiers.