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| Mali attack: Gunmen open fire on EU military training base in Bamako | Mali attack: Gunmen open fire on EU military training base in Bamako |
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| Gunmen have opened fire on a hotel being used as a base for an EU military training base in Mali's capital, Bamako. | Gunmen have opened fire on a hotel being used as a base for an EU military training base in Mali's capital, Bamako. |
| A witness said the attackers tried to force their way through the entrance of the Nord-Sud hotel when the guards posted at the front opened fire. | |
| They said: "The attackers tried to force through the entry and the guards posed in front of the entrance opened fire. | They said: "The attackers tried to force through the entry and the guards posed in front of the entrance opened fire. |
| "One attacker was killed. The gunfire continued for several minutes". | "One attacker was killed. The gunfire continued for several minutes". |
| A Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed that shots had been fired at the hotel. | A Defence Ministry spokesman confirmed that shots had been fired at the hotel. |
| Colonel Diarran Kone said: "The security forces arrived on the scene a half hour ago. I don't have more information than that for the moment". | Colonel Diarran Kone said: "The security forces arrived on the scene a half hour ago. I don't have more information than that for the moment". |
| No EU personnel were hurt in the attack. | No EU personnel were hurt in the attack. |
| The attack comes just months a siege at the city's Radisson Blu hotel. | The attack comes just months a siege at the city's Radisson Blu hotel. |
| If the attack was carried out by Islamist gunmen it will be the latest in a string of terror attacks across the region. | If the attack was carried out by Islamist gunmen it will be the latest in a string of terror attacks across the region. |
| Mali is currently fighting an insurgency by Islamist militants in the north of the country with the help of French security forces. | Mali is currently fighting an insurgency by Islamist militants in the north of the country with the help of French security forces. |
| Last week, the terror group al-Qaeda in the Magreb claimed responsibility for an attack on a beachfront resort in Ivory Coast which left 19 people dead. | Last week, the terror group al-Qaeda in the Magreb claimed responsibility for an attack on a beachfront resort in Ivory Coast which left 19 people dead. |
| The military mission is made of up armed personnel from several EU member states who are in the country to train the Malian army to tackle the rebels. | |
| Additional reporting by Reuters | Additional reporting by Reuters |