Mali: Gunmen attack European Union military mission headquarters in Mali, 1 attacker killed
Gunmen on Monday attacked a hotel in Mali’s capital, Bamako, that had been converted into the headquarters of a European Union military training operation, but there no casualties among the mission’s personnel.
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, which began at around 6:30 p.m. local time (1830 GMT), but Mali and neighbouring West African countries have increasingly been the target of Islamist militants, some of them affiliated with al-Qaeda.
One of the assailants was killed and two suspects were arrested and were being interrogated, the country’s internal security minister said.