10-day state of emergency declared in Mali post terror attack

Bamako, Nov 21 (ANI): Following the deadly terrorist attack on the Radisson Blu hotel in the capital Bamako, the government has declared a 10-day nationwide state of emergency in Mali. Security forces have assessed the damage at the Radisson Blu hotel after the siege by alleged Islamist gunmen ended. The bodies of suspected attackers were carried out, while troops brandishing AK47s manned the hotel lobby. Around 27 people were reported dead after Malian commandos stormed the hotel seized by the gunmen to rescue 170 people, many of them foreigners, trapped in the building. The jihadist group Al Mourabitoun, allied to al Qaeda and based in the desert north of the former French colony, claimed responsibility for the attack. Mali has been battling Islamist rebels for years. Bursts of gunfire were heard as the assailants went through the hotel room by room and floor by floor. Some people were freed by the attackers after showing they could recite verses from the Koran, while others manage