Mali hotel attack: Friday 20 November 2015 as it happened

Summary

Suspected Islamist gunmen have "no more hostages", officials say
At least 21 reported dead
170 people had been trapped in Radisson Blu hotel
Hotel popular with foreign businesses and airline crews
An al-Qaeda affiliated group says it was behind attack
The hotel's special information line: is +33 170837437

Live Reporting

Clare Spencer, Damian Zane, Hugo Williams and Naziru Mikailu

US monitoring Mali attackpublished at 11.11
An ABC News White House Reporter tweets:
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'I saw bullets on the ground'published at 11:07
Michael Skapoullis, who witnessed the attack in Bamako, has been speaking on the Victoria Debyshire programme on BBC News.
He described how he escaped from the Radisson Blu hotel with help of the police:
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The BBC French Service's Mamadou Moussa also told the programme that a radical Islamist militant leader in Mali had called on his followers to target French interests in the country:
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Dangote not in Radisson Blu hotelpublished at 10:46
Africa's richest man, the Nigerian Aliko Dangote, has denied reports on some media outlets that he is among the 170 people taken hostages in the Malian capital Bamako:
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Mali's president to cut short Chad visitpublished at 10:43 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2015
The office of Mali's president is tweeting that the President Ibrahim Boubacar Keita - who is in nieghbouring Chad - will be returning to Mali soon:
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The tweet says: "President IBK who is in N'djamena in Chad for the G5 Sahel summit has cut short his visit to come back to Bamako in the next few hours."
Mali president's office tweets on attackpublished at 10:24 Greenwich Mean Time 20 November 2015
The office of Mali's president has tweeted about this morning's attack in the capital Bamako:
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The tweet says that "Bamako's Radisson Blu hotel has been attacked this morning by armed assailants who are holding 170 people hostage".
US warns citizens to seek shelter in Bamako after shootingpublished at 09.03
The US Embassy in Mali is tweeting warnings about the shooting at US-owned hotel Radisson Blu in the capital, Bamako:
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