Gunmen Attack Hotel Used by EU Trainers in Mali's Capital
- No reports of injuries at Nord-Sud Hotel, EU Mission
- Al-Qaeda killed dozens at West Africa hotels since November
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Gunmen attacked a hotel in Mali’s capital used by European Union trainers. The presidency said the assault was repulsed.
No personnel of the EU Training Mission in Mali stationed at the Nord-Sud hotel in Bamako’s ACI 2000 neighborhood was injured, the EU office said on its Twitter account. Malian soldiers were sent to help secure the site and repel the gunmen, according to a person familiar with the operation who asked not to be named.