Mali

Attack on EU training mission in Mali

Gunmen have attacked a Hotel in the capital, Bamako, where the military trainers are housed. This is the Ministry of defense and witnesses have revealed evidence.

Therefore, the attacker tried to enter the building. One of them was shot dead by the security forces. The news Agency Reuters cited an eyewitness who reported that two men had attacked the Nord-Sud Hotel. According to the news Agency AFP reported, it was four attackers, who were stopped by the guards. As the Ministry of Security announced that it had shot and killed an attacker and two more have been arrested.

The EU training mission in Mail (EUTM) gave the all-clear: The attack on their headquarters, no EUTM had been injured-employee or killed.

The main headquarters of the EUTM Mali has been attacked. No one Anghorigen of the headquarters was injured…. https://t.co/0PsvXK9v2C

— eutmmali (@eutmmali1) 21. March 2016

Only in November were killed in an Islamist attack on luxury hotels in Mali 20 people. To known the attack of the jihadists militia of the Al-Mourabitoun. The group of Mokhtar Belmokhtar joined in December, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (Aqmi).

In Mali, several hundred European experts train local soldiers for the fight against terrorists. At the EU Mission, the Bundeswehr is participating. Whether of the 200 German soldiers affected by the attack, is unknown.

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