Mali Says Four Guests Killed in Attack on Resort Outside Capital
- Special forces kill four assailants, arrest another three
- Security forces and soldiers extricated 36 hotel visitors
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Mali said four guests and one member of the security forces died in a militant attack on a resort popular with foreigners on the outskirts of the capital, Bamako, on Sunday, underscoring rising insecurity in the West African nation.
Militants began the assault on Le Campement Kangaba, near the suburb of Dougourakoro, at 4 p.m., the security ministry said in a statement on its website. Special forces killed four of the assailants and arrested three suspects, Baba Cisse, a spokesman for the ministry, said by phone on Monday.