{"id":396290,"date":"2017-06-19T08:19:19","date_gmt":"2017-06-19T08:19:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/2017\/06\/19\/mali-attack-gunmen-storm-resort-used-by-westerners\/"},"modified":"2017-06-19T08:19:19","modified_gmt":"2017-06-19T08:19:19","slug":"mali-attack-gunmen-storm-resort-used-by-westerners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2017\/06\/19\/mali-attack-gunmen-storm-resort-used-by-westerners\/","title":{"rendered":"Mali attack: Gunmen storm resort used by Westerners"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Gunmen have stormed a tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners and two people are dead, the country\u2019s security minister has said.<\/p>\n

Officials said \u201csuspected jihadists\u201d were behind the assault.<\/p>\n

One of those killed is a French national, while details of the other casualty are not yet known.<\/p>\n

Locals reported hearing shots fired at the luxury destination \u2013 Le Campement Kangaba resort in Dougourakoro, to the east of the capital Bamako.<\/p>\n

Malian troops and soldiers from France\u2019s Bakhane counter-terrorist force are at the scene.<\/p>\n

The attack is said to be ongoing, with security forces battling the gunmen.<\/p>\n

It is feared that hostages have been taken at the luxury resort, according to a UN official cited by the Associated Press.<\/p>\n

\u201cSecurity forces are in place. Campement Kangaba is blocked off and an operation is under way,\u201d security ministry spokesman Baba Cisse told Reuters.<\/p>\n

Witness Boubacar Sangare was just outside the compound as the attack unfolded.<\/p>\n

\u201cWesterners were fleeing the encampment while two plainclothes police exchanged fire with the assailants,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere were four national police vehicles and French soldiers in armoured vehicles on the scene.\u201d<\/p>\n

He added that a helicopter was circling overhead.<\/p>\n

The European Union training mission in Mali, EUTMMALI, tweeted that it was aware of the attack and was supporting Malian security forces and assessing the situation.<\/p>\n

Just days ago, the US state department had warned of \u201cpossible future attacks on Western diplomatic missions, other locations in Bamako that Westerners frequent\u201d.<\/p>\n

BBC correspondent Alex Duval Smith says many expats and wealthy Malians go to Kangaba at weekends, to enjoy the pools, cocktail bar, canoeing facilities, and other activities for children.<\/p>\n

Mali has been fighting a jihadist insurgency for several years, with Islamist fighters roaming the country\u2019s north and centre.<\/p>\n

In November 2015, at least 20 people were killed when\u00a0gunmen took guests and staff hostage\u00a0at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.<\/p>\n

Al-Qaeda\u2019s North African arm,\u00a0Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), said it was behind that siege.<\/p>\n

Mali has been in a state of emergency since the Radisson Blu attack. It was extended for a further six months in April.<\/p>\n

The country\u2019s security has gradually worsened since 2013, when French forces repelled allied Islamist and Tuareg rebel fighters from parts of the north.<\/p>\n

French troops and a 10,000-strong force of UN peacekeepers have been battling to stabilise the former French colony.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

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