A terrorist attack at the Radisson Hotel in Mali

At around 7 am local time on the 20th (around 3 pm Beijing time), a number of unidentified gunmen attacked the Radisson Hotel in downtown Bamako, the capital of Mali, a West African country. About 170 guests and employees in the hotel were taken hostage.

According to foreign media reports, at 4 pm local time on the 20th, Malian officials said that the hostage-taking incident at the Radisson Hotel in downtown Bamako ended and the attackers were killed. This incident * * * caused 27 deaths. On the evening of 20th, the Malian government declared a "state of emergency" for a period of 10 days.

The Embassy of China in Mali confirmed on the evening of 20th that three citizens of China were killed in the attack and four others of China were rescued.