Mali - Twenty killed in Radisson Blu Hotel attack, Bamako, 20 Nov 2015

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Mali and neighbours in mourning as siege hotel yields clues
AFP By Serge Daniel and Sebastien Rieussec
3 hours ago

Mali Monday started three days of national mourning for the victims of the jihadist siege at a luxury hotel that left 19 people dead in the capital Bamako, with neighbouring Senegal, Mauritania and Guinea joining in a show of solidarity.



New statement said to identify gunmen in Mali attack
AP
Nov. 23, 2015 3:51 AM EST


The terrorist group [MBTN/AQ] said about the two attackers in their

"statement said they were the only two who carried out the attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako,"

 

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Passenger says Muslims protect Christians in Islamist attack on Kenyan bus
MOMBASA, KENYA | BY JOSEPH AKWIRI
Mon Dec 21, 2015 3:10pm EST

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a Muslim who was among the passengers in Monday's incident, told Reuters that more than 10 al Shabaab militants boarded the bus and ordered the Muslim passengers to split away from the Christians, but they refused.

"We even gave some non-Muslims our religious attire to wear in the bus so that they would not be identified easily. We stuck together tightly," he said.

"The militants threatened to shoot us but we still refused and protected our brothers and sisters. Finally they gave up and left but warned that they would be back," he said.

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