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A tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners is under attack by gunmen, a spokesman at the security ministry has told Reuters.
Nearby residents reported hearing shots fired at the luxury destination.
The spokesman said the attack was ongoing at Le Campement resort in Dougourakoro, to the east of the capital Bamako.
Malian troops and soldiers from France's Bakhane counter-terrorist force are at the site.
There was no information immediately available on casualties.
Mali has been fighting a jihadist insurgency for several years, with Islamist fighters roaming the country's north and centre.
In November 2015, at least 20 people were killed when gunmen took guests and staff hostage at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.
Al-Qaeda's North African arm, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), said it was behind that siege.
A tourist resort in Mali popular with Westerners is under attack by gunmen, a spokesman at the security ministry has told Reuters.
Nearby residents reported hearing shots fired at the luxury destination.
The spokesman said the attack was ongoing at Le Campement resort in Dougourakoro, to the east of the capital Bamako.
Malian troops and soldiers from France's Bakhane counter-terrorist force are at the site.
There was no information immediately available on casualties.
Mali has been fighting a jihadist insurgency for several years, with Islamist fighters roaming the country's north and centre.
In November 2015, at least 20 people were killed when gunmen took guests and staff hostage at the Radisson Blu hotel in Bamako.
Al-Qaeda's North African arm, Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM), said it was behind that siege.
