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                   Militants Attack EU Military Base in Mali

   by VOA News

   Four gunmen launched an attack on a hotel being used as the
   headquarters for the European Union military force in the Malian
   capital, Bamako.

   Guards at the luxury hotel killed one of the attackers during a
   firefight.

   The EU mission later released a statement on Twitter saying no
   personnel were wounded during the violence, and that forces are
   securing the area.

   There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the assault, which
   comes about four months after militants from al-Qaida in the Islamic
   Maghreb (AQIM) attacked the Radisson Blu hotel in Mali's capital,
   killing 20 people.

   The same group also targeted a beach resort town in Ivory Coast earlier
   this month, killing 19 people.
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