Six Russians killed in Mali hotel attack: foreign ministry

November 21, 2015 19:28

Six Russians were killed in the hotel attack in Mali, the foreign ministry in Moscow said today, saying that they worked for a cargo airline.

"Among those who died were six citizens of our country," the ministry said in a statement, citing the Russian embassy in Mali.

It said that 12 Russians - all staff of the Volga-Dnepr freight airline - were caught up in yesterday's hostage-taking in Bamako, but six were freed.

Those who died "were shot by gunmen in the restaurant literally in the first minutes of the terrorist attack on the hotel," it said.

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