Investigators in Mali were today hunting at least three people suspected of links to the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel in the capital that left at least 19 people dead.
The Government has declared a state of emergency after the bloody
nine-hour hostage-taking at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako on Friday, a week after the Paris massacre.
The Al-Murabitoun group, an al-Qaeda affiliate led by Algerian militant Mokhtar Belmokhtar, nicknamed the “Uncatchable” or “Mr Marlboro”, claimed the attack.
Gunmen went on the rampage through the hotel from the early morning, shooting in the corridors and taking 170 guests and staff hostage, many of them foreigners. The assault left 19 people dead as well as two attackers, President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita said.