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Mali Has Arrested Two Men for Suspected Involvement in the Bamako Hotel Attack

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Habibou Kouyate—AFP/Getty Images Officers evacuate bodies of victims from the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako on Nov. 20, 2015, after the assault of security forces

Their alleged role in the attack is not yet clear, however

Authorities in Mali on Thursday apprehended two suspects in connection with last week’s attack at a hotel in the country’s capital Bamako in which at least 20 people were killed, the BBC reported.

The nature of the two detainees’ involvement in last Friday’s attack, when a pair of gunmen held 170 people hostage at Bamako’s Radisson Blu Hotel, is not yet clear.

Two rival terrorist groups, both affiliated with al-Qaeda, have claimed responsibility for the attack, as has a Malian militant group called the Macina Liberation Front (LWF).

However, none of these claims have been verified.

[BBC]

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