BAMAKO; At least 12 people including
four foreign UN contractors died in a hostage
siege at a hotel in central Mai that ended after
government troops stormed the building
Sunday
There are 12 dead in all an army officer
told AFP after the operation at the hotel
Byblos in Sevare ,listing the fatalities as
five "terrorists ",five soldiers and two
white people,
A senior source in the Malian army said
the final toll had yet to be confirmed and
would "probably 'by higher.
The UN mission in Mali Minusma for
its part said two Ukrainian ,a Nepalese
and a South African were killed in the
almost 14 hour long drama,as well as a
Malian driver working for a company
contracted by the mission.
It said four other UN contractors,two
South African and Russian and a Ukrainian
were rescued and were in good health.
The attackers did not detect their presence
in the hotel and Minusma was in permanent
contract with them through out the attack.
and until its end it added
South Africa ;s foreign ministry said a 38
year-old man from Pretoria was killed in
the siege while two other South Afican's were
safe.
Locallmedia identified the victim as Roelol
Janse van Rensburg <,A foreign ministry
spokesman said s was working for an aviation
company hired by Minusma.
The Ukrainian foreign ministry and four
of its nationals were caught up in the attack,
one of whom was killed ,One man aged to
escape while the other two were rescued
in the dawn raid by security forces .
UN chief Ban Ki-moon denounced the attack
,which comes as Mai is seeking to implement
a June peace deal despite continuing unrest
from militant groups and a spike in jihagist
attacks AFP
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