Breaking News: Gunmen hold 170 hostage at Radisson Blu hotel in Mali

[Nilgiri]

French counter-terror troops en route to Bamako
Posted at12:24
France's Gendarmerie Nationale has tweeted photos of members of the elite GIGN counter-terror unit, leaving Paris to fly to Bamako in response to the ongoing hotel siege.

They come from the same elite unit who were deployed in the aftermath of the Paris attacks last week.

ALLEZ GIGN!!!!

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Air France crew safe after hotel siege
Posted at12.17
All 12 Air France crew who were caught up in the siege at the Radisson Hotel in Bamako have escaped and are safe, according to a tweet from the French airline (see below in French).

https://twitter.com/x/status/667674791579672576

The group rescued was made up of two pilots and 10 cabin crew, according to the statement.

 

[A.M.]

sunni muslim, Iranians (shias) are not involved in these types of incidents

The most incorrect statement of all time.

It's preferable to not act like an expert on Islam especially if you aren't a Muslim.

 

[Dubious]

Because a considerable percentage of the population in Muslim world either support terrorist ideology or indifferent about it.

You think this is the thread for such a thing? Kindly keep your brownie point scoring for later!

 

[Mythal]

Because a considerable percentage of the population in Muslim world either support terrorist ideology or indifferent about it.

What's there to not know about whether you view a terrorist organization favourable or not. Most of these don't know people are just people who are just afraid of unequivocally stating that they see justifications in the actions of ISIS.

 

[Nilgiri]

Details of exactly what has happened at the upmarket Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital, Bamako, are still unclear:

• Attack began early in the morning with gunmen forcing their way through a security barrier, one witness says
• Figures for the number of attackers vary from two to 13
• They took 140 guests and 30 hotel staff hostage
• Turkish, French, Indian, Chinese and Guinean citizens were staying at the hotel
• Eighty hostages have been freed
• Those freed include three Turkish Airlines staff, 12 Air France staff and Guinean singer Sekouba Bambino
• Malian soldiers stormed the hotel
• Mali's president cut short his visit to Chad

 

[nForce]

They were making people recite verses from Quran. So, Islamic terrorists...

 

[Nilgiri]

They were making people recite verses from Quran. So, Islamic terrorists...

Mali is like 90% Muslim, so simple statistics dictate the probability in the first place.

 

[xyxmt]

why muslim world has so many terrorists?

I will let you make a guess

 

[Nilgiri]

'Mali attackers spoke English' says witness
Posted at12:42
Reuters news agency is reporting that a hostage who was freed from the Radisson Blu in Mali's capital, Bamako, says that he heard the attackers were speaking English.

 

[nForce]

All 20 Indians safe.

 

[hexagonsnow]

Godspeed!

Thank you!Hope everything is going fine!

 

[Zibago]

Because a considerable percentage of the population in Muslim world either support terrorist ideology or indifferent about it.

I dont know means mujhay nahe pata

 

[Nilgiri]

All 20 Indians safe.

Safe for now. But the crisis has not been confirmed to be over (no reports if they have been rescued yet).

 

[jaunty]

I dont know means mujhay nahe pata

I am ready to accept that majority of those who said don't know really don't know. But even if 10% of the population suport IS, that's a huge problem. In a country like Pakistan, that means 18-20 million people.

 

[Nilgiri]

'All Indians staying at Mali hotel safe'
Posted at13:12
The BBC has just spoken to an official at the Indian Embassy in Mali who said that all the Indians who had been staying at the Radisson Blu hotel are safe.

"They are in a block of the hotel which is slight off the main area," he added. "They are employees of a private business enterprise. We are in touch with them. There are around 200 Indians [in all] in Mali."

Earlier it was reported that there were 20 Indians staying at the hotel.