African jihadi group claims responsibility for attack in which 170 people were taken hostage,a week after Paris atrocityA terrorism attack at a luxury hotel in Mali’s capital has left at least 21 people dead, including two militants, and highlighted the world’s growing vulnerability to extremist violence.
Less than a week after the Paris gun and suicide bomb attacks in which 130 people were killed,a group of heavily armed and seemingly well-trained gunmen stormed the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.
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Source: theguardian.com