Jihadis attacked a hotel resort Sunday in Mali's capital, taking hostages at a spot popular with foreigners on the weekends. "Then a car with three jihadis entered the resort and they started to fire their weapons," he said. Mali's security minister later issued a statement confirming at least two deaths, one of which was a dual French-Gabonese citizen. French President Emmanuel Macron was informed about the attack and was following the events carefully, according to an official in his office. A devastating attack on the Radisson Blu Hotel in Bamako later that year left 20 dead - six Malians and 14 foreigners.

Source: ABC News June 18, 2017 18:55 UTC