WASHINGTON, November 21 – RIA Novosti. US promise to help the management of Mali in the investigation of the terrorist attack on a hotel in the capital, Bamako, said US Secretary of State John Kerry.
“The United States strongly condemns today’s terrorist attack in Mali, we express our deepest condolences to the families of those killed and injured in this senseless attack on innocent people at Radisson Blu in Bamako “, – stated in the press service of the State Department statement, Kerry.
” Our embassy in Bamako, makes every effort to identify the location of all Americans in the city, and these days we are ready to support the Government of Mali in the investigation “, – said the secretary of state.
He said that Mali is an important regional partner of the United States, and “terrorist attacks only deepen our resolve in the fight against terrorism”.
Kerry also stressed that all the perpetrators of the attack should be punished.
Earlier it was reported that Friday about ten gunmen attacked the Radisson in the center of the capital of Mali, and took hostage 170 people. Security forces freed the hostages. It reported the discovery of 27 bodies. Prosecutor department to fight terrorism, in turn, said that the victims of the terrorist attack in Mali, according to preliminary data, were 20 people, seven were wounded.
Responsibility for the attack has taken the oath of allegiance to the “Islamic State” terrorist group “Al-Murabitun”, which has already claimed responsibility for the attack on hotels in Mali, including in August this year, when the victims of the attack were 13 people.
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