francis arrived in the central african republic and security personnel are expecting concerns about the state of the country and their ability to keep him safe. cnn s robin kriel reports on what makes this leg of his trip most dangerous. reporter: so far in africa. pope francis has taken modest transportation, mingling with the people on the ground and allowing spontaneity to intervene. but this laid-back, low-key approach that made him popular with africans so far is what makes his security nervous for his final stop. in the central african republic. it will be the pope s first visit to an active war zone. fighting between christian and muslim militias killed thousands and displaced close to a million people since violence erupted in 2013. the most recent spike in violence occurred just in september when more than 60 people died. french forces on the ground have
forward. there is some worry amongst exrts they may be trying to compete in some way with isis, kind of riding the wave of the terrorist attacks in paris to try to get more attention and that this could turn into some kind of a jihadi extremist competition before the two groups. yeah, absolutely. that is a concern, something security experts say may have been going on a while a. competition, disgusting competition for terror between these two groups. robin kriel keeping an eye on the situation if nairobi. thank you very much. we will have much more from paris coming up. more on the breaking news that the paris terrorist attacks investigation spread to turkey with three pictures with alleged ties to isis have just been arrested. we got more on that when we come back.
press. they want al qaeda, both of the groups who claimed these attack will want maximum exposure. it s been wondered by analysts if this is in some case riding on the wave of those attacks, yes, people from around the world, china, turkey, algeria, 12 americans were involved we understand in this siege, although, only one of them was killed. thank you very much, robin. in our next hour, we will take a closer look at a terror group launching these attacks around the world and president obama was also very quick to condemn the attack that happened in ma ami saying it only strengthens the united states determination to root out and
devastated and it s unbelievable she has been killed in this senseless act of violence and terrorism. anita was one of the kindest and generous people we know. robin kriel. we know two terrorists died during the attack. what s the latest on the search for more militants behind this? l. reporter: well, according to officials, they are looking for three people in the attack. not sure if they were in the hotel or exactly how they are linked with this. perhaps they were drivers of the vehicles. we re not sure at this point. bamako under you said a ten-day state of emergency. one national day of mourning cleared by the president. indeed, a manhunt under way for those three suspected attackers or somehow aiders of the attackers. the operation to clear the hotel went late into friday night,
the lone american victim was a 41-year-old mother and public health worker living in maryland. her family says they are quote devastated by her death and we have our own robin kriel live n nairobi right now. why was anita in mali? reporter: for one, she worked for a company palladium. she was committed to health. we understand more about the victims. as you said, one less citizen, 41-year-old and many, many others, however, there are 19 victims in total, two of which are the, which were attack. as far as we know, mali the still on the lookout. there is, security services are still scouring the capital