Nov 20, 2015

Six Americans were among dozens of hostages freed from a luxury hotel in the Malian capital, Bamako, after gunmen attacked the building early Friday. The attack on the Belgian-owned Radisson-Blu Hotel left at least three dead according to Malian authorities, with conflicting reports on how many people were still trapped in the hotel and whether there were Americans among them.

: Malian security forces prepare to transport hostages freed from the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead.
|| CREDIT: HABIBOU KOUYATE – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: People run to flee from the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. The company that runs the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital says assailants have taken hostages in a brazen assault involving grenades.
|| CREDIT: HAROUNA TRAORE – AP PHOTO

: In this TV image taken from Mali TV ORTM, security forces help hostages to safety, inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Men shouting “God is great” and armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed into the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning.
Mali TV ORTM, AP

: In this TV image taken from Mali TV ORTM, security forces help hostages to safety, inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Friday Nov. 20, 2015. Men shouting “God is great” and armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed into the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning.
(Mali TV ORTM, AP)

: In this TV image taken from Mali TV ORTM, security forces help hostages to safety, inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Friday Nov. 20, 2015. Men shouting “God is great” and armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed into the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning.
(Mali TV ORTM, AP)

: French environmental activist Nicolas Hulot (L) stands next to France’s President Francois Hollande prior to a press conference on climate at the Elysee Palace in Paris on November 20, 2015. Hollande says France is ready to help Mali with all means necessary in the wake of the hotel attack in the capital, Bamako.
MICHEL EULER – AFP/Getty Images

: Turkey’s Prime Minister Ahmet Davutoglu waves to journalists in Ankara, Turkey, Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Davutoglu confirmed Friday that five crew members of Turkish Airlines are among hostages that have been freed from a hotel in Bamako, Mali that was stormed by armed gunmen early Friday. It was not clear if the hostages were released by the assailants or freed by the authorities.
(AP Photo)

: Mali troopers assist a hostage, centre, to leave the scene — from the Radisson Blu hotel to safety — after gunmen attacked the hotel in Bamako, Mali, on Friday, Nov. 20, 2015. Islamic extremists armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning, killing at least three people and initially taking numerous hostages, authorities said.
|| CREDIT: HAROUNA TRAORE – AP PHOTO

: Malian security forces evacuate two women from an area surrounding the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on November 20, 2015. Gunmen went on a shooting rampage at the luxury hotel in Mali’s capital Bamako, seizing 170 guests and staff in an ongoing hostage-taking that has left at least three people dead.
|| CREDIT: HABIBOU KOUYATE – AFP/GETTY IMAGES

: In this TV image taken from Mali TV ORTM, a security officer gives instructions to other security forces inside the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako, Mali, Friday Nov. 20, 2015. Men shouting “God is great” and armed with guns and throwing grenades stormed into the Radisson Blu Hotel in Mali’s capital Friday morning.
(Mali TV ORTM, AP)

Gunmen seize hostages in Mali hotel attack

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