Commandos storm luxury Mali hotel attacked by gunmen, dozens freed
Three dead as attackers go through building room by room, floor by floor
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Bamako
MALIAN commandos stormed a luxury hotel in Bamako on Friday after Islamist gunmen took 170 people including many foreigners hostage in the capital of the former French colony, which has been battling rebels allied to Al Qaeda for several years.
Dozens of people were reported to have escaped or been freed, but at least three were dead. A security source said that the gunmen had dug in on the seventh floor of the hotel as special forces advanced on them. There was no immediate claim of responsibility.
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