- Title: Resort outside Mali's capital under attack, two dead
- Date: 18th June 2017
- Summary: NEAR BAMAKO, MALI (JUNE 18, 2017) (REUTERS) FRENCH SOLDIERS NEAR RESORT FLAMES RISING FROM RESORT FRENCH SOLDIERS STANDING AROUND A UNITED NATIONS VEHICLE ARMOURED VEHICLE DRIVING TOWARDS RESORT MALI'S MINISTER OF SECURITY, COLONEL SALIF TRAORE (SOUNDBITE) (French) MALI'S MINISTER OF INTERIOR SECURITY, COLONEL SALIF TRAORE, SAYING: "At first we thought they were armed bandits but we know how armed bandits operate, they don't hold territory. So now we think it is a terrorist attack which is why the anti-terrorist prosecutor is already on site with his people. At the moment, as I am speaking to you now, operations are still under way and we have already managed to evacuate some 20 guests who were trapped in there. Unfortunately at the moment, as I am speaking with you now, there are at least two dead. A first victim who was evacuated has died and our forces told us they found a body on site." POLICE WITH FOUR PEOPLE RESCUED FROM HOTEL WOMAN RESCUED FROM HOTEL IN VEHICLE PEOPLE RESCUED FROM HOTEL IN VEHICLE
- Embargoed: 2nd July 2017 21:31
- Keywords: Mali attack Mali resort Bamako attack resort gunmen Mali gunmen Mali attackers
- Location: NEAR BAMAKO, MALI
- City: NEAR BAMAKO, MALI
- Country: Mali
- Topics: Conflicts/War/Peace
- Reuters ID: LVA0016LT2HXJ
- Aspect Ratio: 16:9
- Story Text:At least two people were killed in an attack by gunmen on Sunday (June 18) at a luxury resort outside Mali's capital Bamako popular with Western expatriates, the Security Ministry said.
Gunmen stormed Le Campement Kangaba in Dougourakoro, to the east of the capital Bamako, a resort foreign residents often visit for weekend breaks.
The minister for interior security, Colonel Salif Traore, said the incident was being treated as a terrorist attack, adding that least 20 people had been evacuated. A later estimate put the number rescued at 32.
Witness Boubacar Sangare, who was just outside the compound during the attack, said westerners fled the encampment while two plain clothes police officers exchanged fire with the attackers. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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