We begin with breaking nows out of mali in west africa, with a siege at a luxury hotel in africa is finally over. All of the remaining hostages at the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capitol are now free, but at least 18 people are dead. Witnesses say gunmen stormed the hotel more than seven hours ago, and a group affiliated with alqaeda has claimed responsibility. Ivan how did the siege finally come to an end, and what happened to the gunmen, and also do we know who the victims are . Reporter for several hours various security agencies have been trying to gain access to the Radisson Blu Hotel. The operation involved French Special forces who have a presence in bamako, malian forces, and u. N. Peace keepers who also have a mission there. For several hours they were trying to gain access to the premises and managed to, and we know that at least 80 people at some point in the last few hours were released, hostages were released or escaped or managed to get out. Its simply not clear whether the
Hotel in sevare and parts of the cocotry were occupiedy islamist f fhters linked to al qaeda. France has 1,000 peacekeeping troops even though they recently took over security operations. Again, special forces now surround that hotel. Possibly going in, trying to end this siege. Robin and george. Very fluid situation, martha, thanks. We have on the phone right now Olivia Salgado fromm the u. N. We know thehe took 170 hostage and 20 released including three u. N. Personnel . Yeah, thats correct. Ththree u. N. Personnel were extracted this morning. So, w what we we know about why the hostages were released . There werenconfirmed reports thathe gunmen were actually going and asking people to recite pieces o of the koran . Thats an information i don have right now. What i know is that three people from the hotel with ak47 around 7 00 a. M. Thi morning and, of course, immediately the Security Forces from mali were deployed araround the years and two years that the u. N. Is supporting mali a
Early today starts right now. And good morning everyone. We begin with breaking news out of mali. The u. S. Embassy is telling americans to shelter in place after a gunman attacked a hotel. There are 170 hostages, 140 guests and about 30 employees. Right now police are working to seal off that area. Automatic weapon fire could be heard outside the hotel. And well bring you the latest information as soon as they become available. A lot of other developments to tell you about, including the highly controversial plan by donald trump for dealing with muslims in america. He is suggesting he would create a data base to require muslims to register. And one jewish group said registering everyone of a certain religion to a list . It doesnt end well. And were learning more about the female who detonated a suicide vest during this weeks raid in saintdenis, and this picture that she posted to social media back in june and audio from the raid. And we must warn you, some viewers may find it disturbi
Out there. Head over to the bruckner. Things are moving along nicely there. Also big problems for 7 train commuters. Service is suspended bbtween 34th street hudson yards over to queensboro plaza. Thats in both directions. Take the e, n, or r in the meantime. Okay, lauren. Thank you. An update now on that breaking break ing news in africa. 170 hostages taken at a hotel. Kerry barrett is tracking the situation in the newsroom. Kerry, when we checked with you last, this had all just started happening. Mali is about five hours ahead of us. This started about 1 00 in the morning our time. The Radisson Hotel, which is where this it takes place, has a warning on their website. It says theres a hostage situation taking place. This is the Radisson Blu Hotel in the capital of mali. The hotel says there are two gunmen. Were hearing there could be many, many more. In fact, the mali army says there are as many as ten. The number of hostages, though, consistent. 140 guests, 30 employees, 170 as you
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