Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, who was rumored to be one of the 170 hostages held by gunmen inside the Radisson Blu hotel, Bamako, Mali, has refuted the reports in a tweet via his Twitter handle @AlikoDangote.
Dangote said: “Rumour about me being held hostage is false. I was in Mali yesterday. Thank you for your concern. My prayers with those involved.”
Islamist gunmen had stormed a luxury hotel packed with foreigners in Mali’s capital Bamako on Friday, taking 170 hostages in a former French colony that has been battling rebels allied with al Qaeda for several years.
A senior security source said some of the hostages had been freed after being made to recite verses from the Koran. The French newspaper Le Monde quoted the Malian security ministry as saying at least three hostages had been killed.
The raid on the Radisson Blu hotel, which lies just west of the city center near government ministries and diplomatic offices in the former French colony, comes a week after Islamic State militants killed 129 people in Paris.
The identity of the Bamako gunmen, or the group to which they belong, is not known.
Read more at Reutershttp://www.reuters.com/article/2015/11/20/us-mali-attacks-idUSKCN0T90SK20151120#WwEIY4MS5qBYyFOf.99
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