No Ukrainians killed after terrorists' attack at hotel in Mali – foreign ministry

11:46, 21.11.2015 1 min read

Citizens of Ukraine have not been killed after a terrorists' attack at the Radisson Blu hotel in the capital of Mali Bamako, according to the preliminary information, the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine has reported.

"According to the preliminary information, citizens of Ukraine have not been killed after a terrorists' attack at the hotel in Bamako and have not been taken as hostages,"' a representative of the consulate service department of the Foreign Ministry of Ukraine Yevhen Ihnatovsky told Interfax-Ukraine on Saturday.

In the morning on November 20 unknown persons with guns fired at guests of the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako and took around 170 people hostages. At least 22 people have been killed in the attack.

Malian and French forces killed two terrorists in the action at the hotel, media reported.