Hello, a sevenhour armed standoff in malis capitol appears to be coming to an end. The countrys security minister says no more hostages are being held at the Radisson Blu Hotel in bamako. 170 were originally being held. Three are confirmed to have died. The gunmen went through the hotel floor by floor and room by room. A group linked to alqaeda has claimed responsibility for the attack. Ivan has been monitoring developments and joins us live. It does appear that the siege may have come to an end. Reporter well thats right. And as you said the siege has been going on for at least seven hours. We know quite a number of people are involved, have been held hostage. Earlier in the day, at least 80 were released or set free or escaped, still not clear whether it was the gunmen who let them go or the operation to rescue these people which involves French Special forces, malians and u. N. Peace keepers, with was part of the effort to get people out of this situation. It happened in probably on
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