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Hostages freed as Mali hotel siege ends
http://www.france24.com/en/20150808-number-hostages-freed-mali-hotel-seige-byblos-sevareAttackers stormed the Hotel Byblos in Sevare, Mali, on Friday August 7, 2015, taking a number of people hostage and killing at least seven
Hostages freed as Mali hotel siege ends
Latest update : 2015-08-08
Malian special forces, reportedly backed by French soldiers, ended the deadly siege of a hotel in central Mali town of Sevare early Saturday, liberating the hostages.
Several suspected Islamist militants and at least one UN worker are thought to have died in the siege but the exact number remains unclear.
No one has claimed responsibility for the attack, which comes as Mali battles a resurgence in jihadist violence, two years after a French-led offensive routed three Islamist factions from most parts of the country.
“It seems to be over and it has ended well,” Colonel Diaran Koné, a defence ministry spokesman, told Reuters. “We freed the four hostages. But unfortunately we also found three bodies.”