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“This attack will not lessen the determination of the United Nations to accompany the Malian people in their efforts to implement the peace agreement”, the statement said.

The men were pilots and engineers contracted by the UN peacekeeping mission in Mali, she said. The workers – two South Africans, one Russian and a Ukrainian – were able to avoid detection during the deadly events that left a dozen people dead.

Malian security forces on Saturday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants who had killed at least six people during their attack.

Four hostages have been freed from a hotel in central Mali after a standoff with Islamic extremists that left 13 people dead.

Malian security forces yesterday stormed a hotel used by United Nations staff and freed four hostages held there by suspected Islamist militants during a almost 24-hour siege in which 12 people died.

At least four people, including two soldiers, were killed in an attack on a military base and a hotel frequented by Westerners in Mali, security sources told Anadolu Agency.