Mali hotel attack: Hunt for three suspects

Malian security forces are hunting three suspects connected to the attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, on Friday, in which 27 were killed.

Two militants were also killed, after special forces stormed the hotel, freeing dozens of trapped guests.

Evidence of gunfight in one of the stairwells

Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb and its affiliate, al-Murabitoun, said they carried out the attack.

President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita has declared a 10-day state of emergency and three days of national mourning.

But speaking outside the luxury Radisson Blu hotel a day after it was attacked, the president said that the country remained open for business.

Gunmen entered the hotel on Friday morning, shooting and driving their vehicle through a security barrier, one eyewitness said.

Most of the hotel guests and staff were freed hours later when Malian special forces, French special forces and off-duty US servicemen stormed the hotel to end the siege.

Source: BBC