Radisson Blu Bamako attack
| 2015 Bamako hotel attack | |
|---|---|
Location of Bamako within Mali | |
| Location | Bamako, Mali |
| Coordinates | 12°38′07″N 8°01′51″W / 12.6352°N 8.0308°W |
| Date | 20 November 2015 (UTC) |
Attack type | Mass shooting, 170 hostages taken |
| Weapons | AK-47 assault rifles, hand grenades, Explosive belt |
| Deaths | 22 total
|
| Injured | 7 and at least two Malian Special Forces |
| Perpetrators | Al-Mourabitoun Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb |
On 20 November 2015, Islamist militants took 170 hostages and killed 20 of them in a mass shooting at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako, the capital city of Mali. The siege was ended when Malian special forces, backed by U.S. and French personnel, launched an assault on the hotel to recover the surviving hostages. Al-Mourabitoun claimed that it carried out the attack "in cooperation with" al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb; an al Qaeda member confirmed that the two groups cooperated in the attack.