Mali mourns heavy toll after hotel terror attack
Source http://m.france24.com/en/20151121-mali-counts-heavy-toll-after-hotel-terror-attack Islamist militants killed 19 people in an attack on a top hotel in the capital of Mali on Friday before government commandos stormed the building and rescued 170 people, many of them foreigners. President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita announced the death toll and said seven people were wounded in the attack , which has been claimed by jihadist group Al Mourabitoun and al Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM). Two militants were killed. Friday’s assault on the Radisson Blu hotel comes a week after deadly Islamic State attacks in Paris that killed 130 people. The Mali attack was the latest in a series of deadly raids this year on high-profile targets in the country, which has battled Islamist rebels based in its desert north for years. “Tonight the death toll is heavy,” Keita said on state television, declaring a 10-day state of emergency and three days of national mourning. The president had