Attack at Hotel Kangaba "Le Campement" southeast of Bamako, Mali

Two EU staff were killed when gunmen stormed a tourist resort in Mali on Sunday, the bloc's foreign affairs chief has said.

One victim was a Portuguese soldier while the other was a Malian woman, Federica Mogherini added.

Mali's security minister said on Sunday that a Franco-Gabonese person was also killed.

Mali Security Minister Salif Traore told AFP news agency that four assailants had been killed by security forces. On Monday he told AFP that five suspects had been arrested.

It is not clear how many people in total have been killed and no group has said it carried out the attack.

A security ministry spokesman told Reuters news agency that 32 guests had been rescued from the Le Campement Kangaba resort, east of Bamako

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