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Report: Mali hostages freed─── 09:47 Sat, 08 Aug 2015
Bamako - Captives held by gunmen during a standoff at a hotel in central Mali have been freed overnight and at least five foreigners evacuated from the site.
Aljazeera reports the hotel was stormed by the armed men in an attack yesterday that left at least seven people dead, including a UN contractor. Malian military sources could however not confirm whether all was well again.
The governments of Russia and Ukraine confirmed earlier they each had a national among the hostages.
Last night, the Department of International Relations was trying to get more information from Mali on reports that South Africans may have been caught up in the gun battle.
Aljazeera
