Two Europeans, three locals killed in Mali nightclub attack

[WorldNews]

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Five people including two Europeans and a Malian police officer were killed in an assault on a Bamako nightclub Saturday, in the first suspected attack targeting Westerners in a city braced for jihadist violence since 2012. No group claimed responsibility for the attack, although suspicion is likely to focus on Islamist rebels operating in Mali's vast desert north, which has struggled for stability since a coup three years ago. Customers of La Terrasse, in Bamako's lively Hippodrome district, described how the masked assailant arrived in a black four-wheel drive and headed to the upstairs restaurant and bar area to begin shooting. "This is a terrorist attack, although we're waiting for clarification.

 

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